President Kennedy challenged NASA to land astronauts on the Moon by 1961; with help from Saturn rockets, Apollo made this goal come true. Apollo spacecraft were known as Command Module and Lunar Module and could hold three astronauts at once, disintegrating into two parts for lunar landings before returning to orbit. Apollo 11 The first […]
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Apollo 13 astronauts had no inkling that their spacecraft was leaking; yet even minor issues could prove fatal as they transitioned between modules Odyssey and Aquarius. Problem was, their oxygen tank number two had exploded, rendering landing on the moon impossible. 1. Oxygen Tank Explosion At 56 hours into their mission, a problem with the
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Director Todd Douglas Miller employs an incredible archive of footage to transport us back 50 years. It serves as an ode to America’s ambition and serves as a reminder of what can be accomplished when we set our sights high. He accomplishes this without narration, instead allowing the astronauts and their crew to communicate directly
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NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center) in Houston developed the 363-page final Apollo 11 flight plan and it provided the blueprint for human exploration of the Moon for this pioneering expedition. Armstrong and Aldrin will then inspect the LM, before at 2:22 AM Armstrong backs out through its hatch and, if all goes
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Commander Neil Armstrong made history when he took a step out of Eagle onto the moon’s surface in front of millions watching on television, proclaiming with words like, “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” as his words became an international rallying cry of achievement and pride. First time viewers of television
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s accomplishment was witnessed by more than 530 million people worldwide and left an indelible mark on our hearts, inspiring further space exploration, strengthening American pride and showing that anything is possible. At 4:17 PM, Armstrong radioed Mission Control in Houston with the news: “Tranquility Base here; Eagle has just landed.”
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At Apollo space mission, astronauts ate dehydrated foods that could be reconstituted with water. Additionally, they received snacks and beverages such as pineapple fruitcake, peanut butter cookies and coffee as part of their food allowance. On Gemini missions, astronauts had to eat bite-size cubes of freeze-dried foods that had to be shoved down tubes; by
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Not long before Apollo 11’s historic moon landing, flight controllers and stand-in astronauts conducted a simulation of its planned descent to the lunar surface – unknowing it would become one of history’s defining moments seen live around the globe on television. America is commemorating the 50th anniversary of this legendary space mission with events across
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The Apollo program was initiated as a response to President Kennedy’s challenge of landing humans on the moon and was NASA’s largest project, both in terms of personnel and resources. Apollo spacecraft consisted of a command module, service module and lunar module; three missions had to be cancelled but enough hardware remained for nine more
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