Ex-Nasa boss slaps down China declaring US won the space race 55 years ago ahead of Apollo Moon landing anniversary

TOMORROW it will be exactly 55 years since mankind first – and last – stepped foot on the Moon.

The anniversary has arrived in a refuelling period, as the US ramps up efforts to return, and forge more permanent connections to the lunar surface.

GettyNeil Armstrong took mankind’s first steps on the Moon, with an estimated 650million people watching at home[/caption] Nasa Administrator Sean O’Keefe at a hearing on the space shuttle Columbia tragedy on Wednesday, February 12...