3. The moon landing is fake because the shadows aren’t right. NASA Aldrin pictured with the Lunar Module "Eagle." In images from the moon landing, it is possible to see certain objects even though they are in shadow. Skeptics argue that if the sun were the only source of light,...
The site for the first manned lunar landing mission had been made from a combination of both geological and orbital mechanics factors. All the Apollo landing sites would be along the lunar equator. Possible locations for these landing sites had been photographed by orbiting probes and the mapping...
The original target date for the upcoming lunar landing — the first crewed touchdown since the end of the Apollo program in 1972 — was 2028. But this past March, Vice President Mike Pence instructed NASA to pick up the pace and get it done by 2024. The 2024 landing will occur near th...
See how the historic first manned moon landing worked in this SPACE.com infographic about Apollo 11.
NASA followed the Apollo 8 mission with a test of the strange-looking lunar lander in Earth orbit during the flight of Apollo 9 and then in orbit around the moon during Apollo 10, a dress rehearsal that tested all the maneuvers and procedures needed for a moon landing except the final d...
the president asked LBJ to consider a lunar landing program. “Do we have a chance of beating the Soviets by putting a laboratory in space, or by a trip around the Moon, or by a rocket to go to the moon and back with a man?” Kennedy inquired. “Is there any other space program ...
The Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 is without a doubt the earliest historical event that I can clearly recall and appreciate. At the age of seven, I remember watching the launch on Wednesday morning of July 16 as well as the television coverage of the lunar landing the following Sunday. ...
Moon landing 1 of 3 Witness Neil Armstrong take humankind's first steps on the lunar surface during NASA's Apollo 11 missionPerhaps the most famous of all space films, these clips document the arrival of the first human beings on the Moon during the afternoon of July 20, 1969. They compri...
Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules. - chrislgarry/Apollo-11
In June of 1969, now with 19 manned missions and countless hours in simulators to its name, NASA was deep into final preparations to make its first lunar landing attempt with Apollo 11 and Nixon’s team began devising ways to parlay the mission into evidence of the President’s leadership....