Also, Orion, unlike Apollo, will remain unmanned in lunar orbit while the entire crew lands on the lunar surface, with the lunar polar regions in mind instead of the equatorial regions explored by Apollo. Neil Armstrong, the commander of the first successful landing Apollo 11, is often asked...
On July 21, 1969, the day after the Apollo 11 moon landing, the headline in the Chicago Tribune read: ‘Plays Ball as Uncle Neil Lands on Moon.’ The story mentions me and my brother Jack, who was playing baseball on July 20, 1969. The article reads, in part: ‘Jack Trude, 11, ...
Apollo 16 lands on the moon Home Events Events on 20 April Apollo 16 lands on the moon 20 April, 1972 Under the command of John Young, the Apollo 16 spacecraft landed on the moon on 20thApril 1972.
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon:Charles Fishman’s take on the Apollo tale devotes a healthy share of the spotlight to the social context for the first mission to the moon, and the folks behind the scenes who made the “impossible mission” possible. Fishman...
A new photo book about the Apollo moon landings provides a "wide look" at the lunar surface vistas that astronauts saw and captured on film more than 40 years ago.
NASA’s high-tech lunar backpack aims to map surface of moon This next-gen moon buggy could soon be rolling over the lunar surface NASA: Next lunar rover ‘won’t be your grandad’s moon buggy’ China probe successfully lands on moon for sample collection...
President Nixon watches the splash down from the ship's bridge. A helicopter lands on board carrying the astronauts. President Nixon talks with the astronauts through the window of the quarantine van, followed by a prayer. Notes The splashdown took place at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 196...
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