Tag: NASA

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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.