1969: TheApollo 11mission made the first landing on the moon and returned samples. 1969:Apollo 12made first precision landing on the the moon. 1972:Apollo 17made the last crewed landing of the Apollo Program. 1
Welcome to the HCSS Nuclear Timeline. This timeline provides a comprehensive overview of key events in nuclear history. It traces the long legacy of nuclear security threats and policies and puts these developments in a broader context. Events covered sp
July 20, 1969 - The Apollo program completes its mission. Neil Armstrong, United States astronaut, becomes the first man to set foot on the moon four days after launch from Cape Canaveral. His Apollo 11 colleague, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. accompanies him. July 25, 1969 - President Richard M...
Did the US Go to the Moon to Beat the Soviets? Why did JFK promise to put a man on the moon? Was it just to beat the Soviets? Learn about the events that led to the creation of the Apollo Program. Vladimir Lenin (1922-1924) ...
Freeciv is a successful example of open source development, so it is interesting to see how its code base developed over time. However, most of the Freeciv code before it was put into CVS seems to have vanished – we have dug up source for versions 1.0 and 1i, but nothing else. ...
Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 mission, collecting lunar samples at the rim of Plum crater, April 21, 1972. Credit: NASA 1972 Apollo 17 made the last crewed landing of the Apollo program. Astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt became the last humans to se...
On October 11, 1968, the U.S. launched the first flight of the Apollo program: Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham on Apollo 7. On December 24, 1968, the first crewed flight around the Moon took place, with Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders on Apollo 8. Ju...
Did the US Go to the Moon to Beat the Soviets? Why did JFK promise to put a man on the moon? Was it just to beat the Soviets? Learn about the events that led to the creation of the Apollo Program. Space exploration served as another dramatic arena for Cold War competition. On Octob...
The Alternative Timeline diverges from the Unlimited/The Day After Timeline on October 22nd, 2001. Both timelines diverge from our own timeline of real-life historical events as early as 1867. Formation of the Motosuu Government (元枢府) in Japan. The da
Why did NASA choose the name Artemis? Artemis is the Greek goddess of the Moon and the hunt and the twin sister of Apollo, so it’s a nice call-back to the original crewed lunar missions. In fairness, however, Artemis is a superior name choice for a lunar mission, as Apollo is the...