The Artemis program, which was previously only referred to by its component names — including the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, Orion crew vehicle and Gateway lunar outpost — began when President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1 in 2017, directing NASA to return astronauts t...
At this time, NASA was still fighting a lawsuit brought by atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair (who had objected to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Book of Genesis), which demanded that their astronauts refrain from religious activities while in space. As such, Aldrin (an Episcopalian) chose...
in the form of the "Insurance Covers". The Apollo astronauts signed a series of philatelic covers in preflight quarantine that were then postmarked and canceled on either the day of the launch or on the day they landed on the Moon. These covers were then ...
The historic launch of the Apollo 11 mission carried three astronauts toward the moon. Two of them would set foot on the lunar surface for the first time in human history.
Posted by|Comments (1) Apollo: The Panoramas I just got my copy of the new bookApollo: The Panoramasby Mike Constantine and it is absolutely fascinating. The Apollo astronauts from each lunar landing mission did several series of panorama photographs. They would stand in one position and turn...
While we can't see those things from Earth, we can see where the astronauts landed and understand what they were sent to learn. During the upcoming full moon, sunlight will illuminate all of the Apollo landing sites, making it a perfect time to head outside on a clear evening and ...
Posted by|Comments (1) Apollo: The Panoramas I just got my copy of the new bookApollo: The Panoramasby Mike Constantine and it is absolutely fascinating. The Apollo astronauts from each lunar landing mission did several series of panorama photographs. They would stand in one position and turn...
July 20, 1969 was an important day. Two1.(美国) astronauts planted the first human footstep on the moon. 2.(他们的) names were Armstrong and Aldrin. They went into a spaceship whose name was Apollo. As Armstrong reached his left foot 3.(touch) the moon’s surface, he said, “That’...
The LM was used to land two of the astronauts on the moon while the third astronaut remained in the CM, in orbit around the moon. Each of the spacecraft needed to be able to navigate through space, with or without the assistance of the astronauts, and therefore needed to have a "...
“Perhaps his most dramatic role at NASA was after exposure to rubella just before the launch of Apollo 13. He stayed behind and provided key real-time decisions to successfully bring home the wounded spacecraft and the crew of Apollo 13 – NASA astronauts James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fr...