Placing the Flag on the Moon NASA The deployment of the flag of the United States on the surface of the moon is captured on film during the first Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Apollo 11 Liftoff and Flag NASA. A Saturn V rocket launches the Apollo 11 crew on the first moon landing...
In the 1960s and 1970s, 12 men landed and walked on the moon. See how all of NASA's Apollo missions happened in this photo tour.
landing noun /ˈlændɪŋ/ /ˈlændɪŋ/ [countable, uncountable] an act of bringing an aircraft or a spacecraft down to the ground after a journey a perfect/smooth/safe landing the first Apollo moon landing The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. a landing...
This is a picture of the Apollo 17 landing module “Challenger”. When this picture was taken, Challenger had already descended to the surface of the Moon, and the astronauts had completed their lunar excursions. This is just before the lunar module docked to the orbiting command module. Remov...
Previously, the U.S. had not returned to themoon’ssurface since the Apollo program ended more than 50 years ago. This image pair shows LRO views of the area surrounding the Odysseus site before and after its landing.(Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University) ...
In the United States, the summer of 1969 was highlighted by theApollo 11moon landing, marked by the "peace and music" festivalWoodstock-- and marred by a gruesome killing spree that claimed the lives of actressSharon Tateand eight others, if not more. ...
Of course, during this mission we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Fittingly, there was a Moon rock on board the ISS. The 3.6 billion year-old lunar sample was flown to the station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-119 in April 2009. NASA says the rock, luna...
On July 20, 1969 we achieved something spectacular and inspiring, landing the first men on the moon, and then returning them safely to Earth. Fueled by Cold War tensions, the decade-long space race culminating with the Apollo 11 mission, yielded one of the most fruitful periods of technologic...
Collins Radios were fitted to 80% of the free world's airliners. They designed and built the radios that communicated the Apollo moon landings and the high frequency radio network that allows worldwide communication with US military aircraft. Rockwell designed and built the third stage of the Min...
In the United States, the summer of 1969 was highlighted by theApollo 11moon landing, marked by the "peace and music" festivalWoodstock-- and marred by a gruesome killing spree that claimed the lives of actressSharon Tateand eight others, if not more. ...