BBC5 年
Apollo 11: Four things you may not know about the first moon landing
Apollo 11's flight path took the spacecraft into Earth orbit 11 minutes after launch. Just over two hours later, during its second orbit, the rocket's third stage fired again to boost Apollo ...
Purdue University5 年
Apollo 11 and Purdue
Purdue University graduate and Apollo 11 flight commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. It was a truly giant leap for mankind, and a seminal moment ...
BBC5 年
Moon landings: What was the 1969 Apollo 11 mission?
The Apollo 11 mission was a huge moment in US and world ... the attached lunar module that was to touch down on the Moon. The plan was to first launch all the necessary hardware into Earth's ...
Yahoo11 个月
apollo 11
The flight jacket of the Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin was sold for about $2.8 million in New York, according to the auction house Sotheby's. Aldrin wore the jacket on the historic mission to ...
Time5 年
They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later, the Memory Still Moves Them ...
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Space.com1 个月
Piece of Apollo 11 spacecraft 'lands' in moon meteorite-lined wedding ring
Mesick's desire to have a piece of the Apollo 11 mission integrated into his ring stemmed, in part, from his work as a planning manager for Lockheed Martin. The aerospace company is one of the ...
Time5 年
8 Places You Can Visit to Celebrate Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary This Week
From a multimillion-dollar auction of an Apollo 11 flight manual to celebratory rocket launches and musical concerts, festivities commemorating Apollo 11 are taking place all week.