It was also used to relay pictures of the first moonwalks, and it played a prominent role in the rescue mission of Apollo 13. Hij werd ook gebruikt om beelden van de eerste wandelingen op de maan door te geven en speelde een belangrijke rol bij de reddingsmissie van de Apollo 13....
Half a century has passed—but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in. The grainy pictures coming back on the night of July 20, 1969, from a quarter of a million miles (380,000 kilometres)...