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Apollo 11 Quiz – Test Your Knowledge of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins!

Since humans first set foot on another celestial body in 1969, we still marvel at their accomplishment. Put your knowledge of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins through this quiz! Armstrong refers to this action as “rolling over,” which is actually an instruction to rotate and align the Eagle with the Moon’s surface. What

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50 Years Ago, One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Man

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin embarked upon their lunar mission from Columbia in their lunar module Eagle, heading for their intended landing spot within the Sea of Tranquillity. Unfortunately, an alarm signaled their imminent departure. Console readouts were showing an error code –1202–which neither astronaut had encountered during simulator training. The

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The Computer Power That Made the Apollo Mission Possible

No doubt modern smartphones are far more powerful than the computers used on Apollo missions, yet such comparisons underplay the amazing technology employed by NASA during these missions to get us there. MIT-designed Apollo Guidance Computer was crashproof, operating according to a hierarchical system which allocated energy based on program importance; this allowed energy distribution

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