In 1865 Jules Verne [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] predicted the invention of a space capsule that could carry people. In his science fiction story "From the Earth to the Moon" [ http://JV.Gilead.or…], he outlined his vision of a cannon in Florida so powerful that it could shoot a "Projectile-Vehicle" [ http://www.nasm.edu…ITM6201.HTM ] carrying three adventurers to the Moon [ http://www.hq.nasa.…ap11ann/eagle.html ]. Over 100 years later, NASA [ http://www.hq.nasa.…], guided by Wernher Von Braun [ http://history.msfc…]'s vision, produced the Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosa…]. From a spaceport in Florida [ http://www.ksc.nasa…], this rocket turned Verne's fiction into fact [ http://www.lpi.usra…], launching 9 Apollo Lunar missions and allowing 12 astronauts to walk on the Moon [ http://www.hq.nasa.…]. Pictured is [ http://www.apolloar…] the last moon shot, Apollo 17 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…apollo17info.html ], awaiting its December 1972 night launch. Spotlights play on the rocket and launch pad at dusk. Humans have not walked on [ http://www.hq.nasa.…apollo.epilog.html ] on the lunar surface since.
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In 1865 Jules Verne [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] predicted the invention of a space capsule that could carry people. In his science fiction story "From the Earth to the Moon" [ http://JV.Gilead.or…], he outlined his vision of a cannon in Florida so powerful that it could shoot a "Projectile-Vehicle" [ http://www.nasm.edu…ITM6201.HTM ] carrying three adventurers to the Moon [ http://www.hq.nasa.…ap11ann/eagle.html ]. Over 100 years later, NASA [ http://www.hq.nasa.…], guided by Wernher Von Braun [ http://history.msfc…]'s vision, produced the Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosa…]. From a spaceport in Florida [ http://www.ksc.nasa…], this rocket turned Verne's fiction into fact [ http://www.lpi.usra…], launching 9 Apollo Lunar missions and allowing 12 astronauts to walk on the Moon [ http://www.hq.nasa.…]. Pictured is [ http://www.apolloar…] the last moon shot, Apollo 17 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…apollo17info.html ], awaiting its December 1972 night launch. Spotlights play on the rocket and launch pad at dusk. Humans have not walked on [ http://www.hq.nasa.…apollo.epilog.html ] on the lunar surface since.
