Fifty years ago, the Apollo 13 mission became the seventh crewed mission of the Apollo Space Program, number eight if you included Apollo One, which
Amidst a Sea of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum) the Apollo XII lunar module lander, Intrepid, landed on the Moon with nearly pin-point accuracy on November 19, 1969,
It seems Saturn is the current winner of the Moon Race with Jupiter. Like a Baseball Home Run derby, Saturn has now surpassed Jupiter with
Nature’s most spectacular event was seen again by the Haeberle family. This time it was the great SOUTH American Eclipse. There was much time planning
Fifty years ago, on May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 was poised to be the final dress rehearsal for the Moon landing. Find out more about this and some tidbits about how to say Gemini….
Last month we discussed the meaning of the letter designated missions of the Apollo Program that had followed the Apollo 1 mission. Now we find out some interesting facts on some names you may not have known about.
Learn more about the first 6 lettered missions of the Apollo program- A through F!
The Lunar orbital flight of Apollo 8 was a smashing success! For the first time people began to understand their place in the universe. Command Module pilot of that mission, Jim Lovell said in regards to the moon’s loneliness: “[It] made you realize just what you have here back on Earth.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, here is the latest bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. It is reported that at 8:50 P. M. a huge, flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm in the neighborhood of Grovers Mill, New Jersey, twenty-two miles from Trenton.” News flashes, like this one were being broadcast over the speaker provided by HighLine’s Tim Morales. “Both the observations of science and the evidence of our eyes lead to the inescapable assumption that those strange beings who landed in the Jersey farmlands tonight,” the announcements continued, “are a vanguard of an invading army from Mars!”
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