William Anders, a NASA astronaut who was part of the 1968 Apollo 8 crew who were the first three people to orbit the moon, has died in a plane crash in Washington state, according to his son, Gregory Anders. He was 90 years old. My “dad pa...
Apollo 8, launched in 1968, was the first NASA mission to both leave low Earth orbit and reach the moon. Borman, along with astronauts James Lovell, and William Anders, orbited the moon 10 times before returning to Earth. They were the first humans ever to see the far side of the moon...
After returning from the moon, Worden became embroiled in a congressional investigation over some of themementos that were flownon the Apollo 15 mission to the moon. At issue were a set of 100 envelopes that were flown for and subsequently sold by a German stamp dealer, who had compensated ...
Back in 1969,it was the Apollo 11 crew who flew to the moon in a spaceship.When U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin stepped foot on the moon,they were the first.Meanwhile,their fellow astronaut Michael Collins circled the moon in their spaceship,named Columbia. When ...
APOLLO 11: FORMER OFFICER ON RECOVERY SHIP USS HORNET RECALLS WATCHING ASTRONAUTS' 'AMAZING' RETURN WITH PRESIDENT NIXON Worden said of the mission: “Now I know why I'm here. Not for a closer look at the Moon, but to look back at our home, the Earth.” ...
John Leonard Swigert Jr was an American astronaut who flew missions for Nasa and was a test pilot, mechanical engineer, US Air Force Pilot, and politician. He was the command module pilot of Apollo 13 and became one of over 24 astronauts who have flown all the way to the moon. ...
阅读理解 Back in 1969, it was the Apollo 11 crew who flew to the moon in a spaceship. When U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin stepped foot on the moon, they were the first. Meanwhile, their fellow astronaut Michael Coilins circled the moon in their spaceship, na...
The eventual safe return of the astronauts was due to far more than that series of calculations, but Ahr's recollection illustrates just how crucial the early computers were to the lunar missions. With its goal of putting a man on the moon, NASA's Apollo program is perhaps the most ambitio...
flight after NASA opted to go with SpaceX to bring the stuck astronauts home. Promised a future space mission, both were at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, taking part in the launch livestream. Gorbunov remained on the flight under an exchange agreement between NASA and the Russian...
. Edgar Mitchell. . John Young. 【小题4】What do the four astronauts have in common? . They were honored all over the world. . They all set foot on the moon in the 1960s. . They were members of NASA’s Apollo program. . They retired shortly after they returned to the earth. ...