the Soviets had sent a couple of turtles, some worms, and other forms of wild life to orbit the Moon on their Zond 5 craft, and it was feared by many in NASA management that the Soviets could repeat the experiment with proper cosmonauts at any time. Apollo 8 was manned by Frank Borman...
The spacecraft entered interstellar space in August 2012, almost 35 years after its voyage began. The discovery wasn't made official until 2013, however, when scientists had time to review the data sent back from Voyager 1. Voyager 1 was the second of the twin spacecraft to launch, but it...
The facts surrounding Apollo 1 were as incongruous as they were catastrophic. The magnificently designed spacecraft that was created with enormous- effort for a journey to the moon instead was consumed by fire while undergoing a supposedly routine ground test. Three astronauts--Virgil I. Grissom,...
Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission but didn't reach the lunar surface. A series of problems plagued the Odyssey spacecraft which was designed to bring them home, causing the crew to abandon all thoughts of reaching the moon. A fire ripped through one of Odyssey's oxygen tanks...
Commander, Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot, Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission on July 20th, 1969. Image credit:Kevin Gill/Flickr It is also amazing facts about space travel. The American crews, comm...
When Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert traveled around the Moon during the Apollo 13 emergency, they traveled 401,056 kilometers (249,205 miles) from Earth.CIVILIAN AND NON-GOVERNMENT MILESTONEValentina Tereshkova was the first civilian in space on Vostok 6. (she also became the first...
The crew members of Apollo 10 discovered that the makeup of feces combined with the diet of astronauts rendered itbouncy and pong-like. At one point during the mission, feces was loosed from its container due to its sponginess, causing a stir among the astronauts. ...
The proof? The distinctive carpet pattern looks like the Apollo launching pad, the all-important room 237 refers to the 237,000 miles between the earth and the moon, and of course, Danny wears a sweater with the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Warner Bros 42. The Shining Loves Wacko Numerology Oh,...
Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?Space More about science astronomy James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of galaxies in a cosmic 'feast' (image) Astronomers...
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