Apollo 7— Oct. 11, 1968. Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Donn Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham were the first Apollo crew to go into space. Rather than head toward the moon, the astronauts spent 11 days in Earth orbit testing various components of their command module. Apollo 8— Dec. 21...
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Some of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11were shocked as they saw the first men walk on the moon and return to the earth.But to get there,those astronauts had to break out of the tremendous pull of gravity of the earth.More energy was spent in the first few minutes of li...
When the Apollo program (11, 14 & 15) astronauts visited the moon, they left retro-reflectors on the lunar surface. When they send a laser pulse tothe moon, it reflects off the reflector and back to Earth. And the entire time this pulse is traveling, scientists count the time it takes...
Coming into its Own: Apollo Under LBJ MPI/Getty Images resident Richard Nixon speaking with Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin who were subjected to a period of quarantine upon their return to Earth. Long before he took office following Kennedy’s assassination...
CAPE KENNEDY, UNITED STATES - JULY 16, 1969: Composite 5 frame shot of the gantry retracting while the Saturn V boosters lift off to carry the Apollo 11 astronauts to the Moon.Ralph Morse / Getty Images After one-and-a-half orbits around Earth, the Saturn V thrusters flared once again ...
The megastructure could produce 1,000 times more energy than the Large Hadron Collider, allowing scientists to “rewind” the clock and study the origins of the cosmos.
50 lbs. of moon rocks. That’s how much weight was allocated for the Apollo 11 astronauts to bring back lunar samples to Earth. But this would be the first time materials from another world would be brought to our planet. What should be done with these alien rocks...
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module seen during its ascent stage after landing man on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are aboard. Jim Chamberlin promoted the idea of lunar orbit rendezvous — rather than landing a rocket directly on the moon — as the way forward for NASA. (NASA...
Management by the Numbers 08 Reporting Companies Overview 10 Governance and Transparency 11 Sustainable Consumption and Production 17 Climate Action 23 Respect for Workers 30 Responsible Citizenship 40 Company Reports 49 Appendix 103 Locations 120 2 APOLLO ESG REPORT VOLUME 12 What is Apollo's ESG ...