Tag: NASA

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20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully land on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission

• 20th July 2023
• Tagged as: America, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Exploration, NASA, Neil Armstron, Space, Space Race, United States, USA

The words ‘Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed’ confirmed the safe touchdown at around 8:17pm GMT.

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25th May 1961: US President John F. Kennedy announces his plans for a manned moon landing before the end of the decade

• 25th May 2023
• Tagged as: America, Cold War, Kennedy, Moon, NASA, Space, Space Race, United States, USA, USSR

Kennedy’s $24 billion of investment did work, and Apollo 11 achieved Kennedy’s goal by landing on the moon on 20 July 1969.

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7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth

• 7th December 2022
• Tagged as: Apollo, Earth, Moon, NASA, Photography, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology, United States, USA

The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.

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20th July 1969: NASA’s Apollo 11 spacecraft lands on the moon

• 20th July 2022
• Tagged as: Apollo, NASA, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology, United States

On the 20^th July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed the Eagle, the Lunar Module of Apollo 11, on the surface of the moon.

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13th April 1970: Apollo 13 spacecraft rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks

• 13th April 2022
• Tagged as: Apollo, NASA, Science, Space, Space Race, Spacecraft, Technology

The resulting emergency led to the calm announcement by the crew of, ‘Houston we’ve had a problem’.

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14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth

• 14th February 2022
• Tagged as: Electronics, Exploration, NASA, Science, Space, Technology

Pale Blue Dot, the most distant photograph ever taken of Earth, was created by the Voyager 1 space probe.