On 20 July 1969, over 650 million viewers tuned into live television broadcast of Armstrong’s historic “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. Apollo 16 marked the first manned mission with a lunar rover, enabling Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin to explore the lunar surface over three days […]
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An engaging article can enlighten and educate your target audience, as well as drive traffic to your website and convert customers. Isaac Newton proved with his prism that white light contains all of the colors visible spectrum, yet each hue has its own wavelength: violet and blue wavelengths are shorter while red’s have longer ones.
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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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Armstrong and Aldrin unlocked the hatch and exited the LM. They took photos, planted a flag, performed some scientific tests and also called Houston and President Nixon from orbit. Armstrong famously declared “One small step for man, one giant leap for humanity” while taking his initial steps on the moon – but was it said
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