Back then, astronauts in the Apollo program made their journeys in spacecraft that relied on remarkably basic electronics that are totally unsophisticated compared to what you might find in an expensive blender or fridge these days. Core among them was the Apollo Guidance Computer, charged with ...
In the Spring of 1970, just when it appeared that NASA had things down pat, disaster struck when one of Apollo 13's oxygen tanks exploded en route to the moon, crippling the primary spacecraft and forcing all three astronauts to seek refuge in the lunar module, which served as a lifeboat...
Later Tuesday, Collins was going to be reunited with two other Apollo astronauts at an evening gala at Kennedy, including Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke, who was the capsule communicator in Mission Control for the Apollo 11 moon landing. Huntsville's rocket center also had a special anniversar...
Thank you for what you and all your fellow astronauts have done to further space exploration! Rachel Robison Happy Birthday Buzz! You are a hero! Chris Carnall Thank you for your dedication and bravery. I am in awe of what you helped to accomplish- the greatest human endevour of all time...
In 1962, Nasa selected Gen Stafford for its second set of astronauts, which included Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman and Pete Conrad. Gen Stafford was assigned along with Wally Schirra to Gemini 6. Their original mission was to rendezvous with an empty spaceship. But their 1965 ...
This July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA shows the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC), Building 30, during the Apollo 11 lunar extravehicular activity (EVA). The television monitor shows astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. on ...
“Forty years after NASA’s Apollo 11 mission first landed astronauts on the moon, this striking nonfiction picture book takes young readers along for the ride. The moon shines down on Earth, where three men don spacesuits, climb intoColumbia, and wait for liftoff. On a nearby beach, people...
The astronauts settled on ones that already had, from the Book of Genesis. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth, and the Earth was without form and void. And darkness was upon the face of the deep..." Kluger said, "It was pitch perfect. They were the words ...
“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...
The lunar lander was tucked safely into the top of the third stage, and the astronauts rode in the Apollo command module atop the stack. The fragile-looking lunar module was just tough enough to keep two astronauts alive and carry them to the surface of the moon. The top half of the ...