Now all of a sudden we know that's not the way we're going to beat the Russians into space, and Project Mercury and the astronauts come along, and NASA's pushing that. All the attention goes to the man-in-space program. What did Armstrong personally expect from the Apollo 11 ...
When working on the moon, Apollo astronauts had difficulties moving around in their space suits. The Apollo suits were not nearly as flexible as the EMU used today; however, the EMU weighs almost twice as much as the Apollo suit (not a problem because the EMU was designed for work in mic...
“Encourage children to imagine what it was like for the Apollo 13 astronauts as they looked out their spacecraft at the moon below, as they orbited it more than 50 years ago,” National Geographic suggests. “One idea for an astronomy-themed project: have kids take photos of the Moon as...
The United States would go on to complete six crewed missions to the moon that landed a total of 12 astronauts (all men) from 1969 to 1972 in a series of Apollo missions numbering up to Apollo 17. The only mission that failed to reach the moon’s surface was Apollo 13, which suffered...
The first astronauts were set to fly on Apollo 1, but during a launch rehearsal a wiring spark generated a fire that blazed throughout the command module, which resulted in the tragic deaths of the three-person crew. The failure was a turning point for the program, resulting in extensive ...
Hilary Brueck
How did astronauts use toilet systems in the Apollo days?⏢ 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 宇航员使用尿液收集装置和粪便收集袋,小便通过管子吸入容器,大便使用粘贴在臀部的袋子,处理后排入太空或带回地球。 阿波罗任务期间的厕所系统非常基础。由于微重力环境,传统冲水马桶无法工作。宇航员小便时使用连接到管子的...
The first space stations were built to study the long-term effects of weightlessness on the human body. After all, if astronauts will ever venture to Mars or other planets, then we must know how prolonged microgravity on the order of months to years will affect their health. Space stations ...
In Ron Howard's film "Apollo 13," the weightless scenes were shot on board NASA's KC-135 "Vomit Comet" aircraft. This plane flew parabolic arcs repeatedly where the occupants (actors, camera operators, director) experienced many brief, 30-second periods of free-fall. Weightlessness causes ...
A seventh mission, Apollo 13, famously failed to land on the moon, but the astronauts survived a flight around the moon. Today, those daring missions are as fascinating as ever. Many people have asked why astronomers don't turn the Hubble Space Telescope towards the moon to take photos of...