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Moon after trans earth injec
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Moon after trans earth injection - Apollo 11 |
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1969-08-01 |
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On July 21, 1969, only days after walking on the Moon's surface, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin leave lunar orbit and begin the journey back to the space ship Columbia and its return to Earth. As they leave the Moon's orbit, a look back gives them a new perspective of where they were and where man's future lies. This was their final sight of the moon before they began docking procedures with Columbia. |
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Quarantined Apollo 11 Astron
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Quarantined Apollo 11 Astronaut Aldrin Speaks With Wife Joan |
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1969-07-27 |
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The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. The recovery operation took place in the Pacific Ocean where Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) which served as their home until they reached the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston, Texas. On arrival at Ellington Air Force base near the MSC, the crew, still under a 21 day quarantine in the MQF, were greeted by their wives. Pictured here is Joan Aldrin, wife of Buzz Aldrin, speaking with her husband via telephone patch. |
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Moonquakes Surprisingly Comm
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Moonquakes Surprisingly Common |
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Why are there so many moonquakes? A recent reanalysis of seismometers [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismometer ] left on the moon by the Apollo moon landings [ http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/introduction.htm ] has revealed a surprising number of moonquakes occurring within 30 kilometers of the surface. In fact, 28 moonquakes [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2005AGUFM.P51A0915N ] were detected in data recorded between 1972 and 1977. These moonquakes [ http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15mar_moonquakes.htm ] were not only strong enough to move furniture [ http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/hoft/timeline.html ] but the stiff rock of the moon continued vibrating for many minutes, significantly longer than the soft rock earthquakes [ http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/outreach/understanding/elastic/intro-rebound.html ] on Earth. The cause of the moonquakes remains unknown, with one hypothesis holding that landslides [ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?termID=105&alpha=L ] in craters cause the vibrations. Regardless of the source, future moon buildings [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/vision/lunar/ndxpage1.html ] need to be built to withstand the frequent shakings. Pictured above [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001102.html ] in 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin ] stands besides a recently deployed lunar seismometer [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Experiments_PSE.html ], looking back toward the lunar landing module [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030920.html ]. |
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Standing on the Moon
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Standing on the Moon |
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Pictured, the second person to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950903.html ]: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. During this Apollo 11 [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/apollo-11.html ] mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon while Michael Collins circled in the Command Module above. The lunar team erected a plaque on the surface that reads: HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH, FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969 A.D., WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND. The Apollo missions [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/ ] demonstrated that it is possible to land humans on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950921.html ] and return them safely. |
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Footprints on Another World
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Footprints on Another World |
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On July 20th, 1969 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ introduction.htm ], humans first set foot on the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ luna.html ]. Taken from a window of their Apollo 11 lunar module, the Eagle, this picture shows the footprints in the powdery lunar soil [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011110.html ] made by astronauts Neil Armstrong [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ kippsphotos/5528.jpg ] and Buzz Aldrin [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ kippsphotos/5390.jpg ]. It has been estimated that one billion people on planet Earth watched [ http://guinan.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/videos/ historical.html ] Armstrong step from the lander onto the surface of another world [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ], making this live transmission one of the highest rated television shows ever. In the foreground at right, a rocket nozzle on the side of the Eagle is seen in silhouette, while beyond an unfurled United States [ http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/ ] flag is the television camera, remounted on a stand to better view the landing area. The Apollo missions [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo.html ] to the Moon have been described as the result of the greatest technological mobilization in history [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ ]. |
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Standing on the Moon
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Standing on the Moon |
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Humans once walked on the Moon. Pictured above is the second person to stand on the lunar surface: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. During this Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong (the first person to walk on the moon) and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon while Michael Collins circled in the Command Module above. The lunar team erected a plaque on the surface that reads: HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969 A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND. The Apollo missions demonstrated that it is possible to land humans on the Moon and return them safely. |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- John F. Kennedy Jr., editor-in-chief of George Magazine, speaks with members of the national media at the Home Box Office (HBO) and Imagine Entertainment premiere of the 12-part miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The series was filmed in part on location at KSC and dramatizes the human aspects of NASA's efforts to launch Americans to the Moon. The miniseries highlights NASA's Apollo program and the events leading up to and including the six successful missions to the Moon. A special 500-seat theater was constructed next to the Apollo/Saturn V Center for the KSC premiere showing. Speakers at the event included KSC Director Roy Bridges (at right), Jeff Bewkes, chairman and CEO for HBO, and John F. Kennedy Jr. Also attending the event, which featured the episode entitled "1968," were Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, and Al Worden, Apollo 15 astronaut. The original miniseries event, created for HBO by actor Tom Hanks and Imagine Entertainment, will premiere on HBO beginning April 5, 1998 |
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03/25/1998 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- John F. Kennedy Jr., editor-in-chief of George Magazine, greets invited guests at the Home Box Office (HBO) and Imagine Entertainment premiere of the 12-part miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The series was filmed in part on location at KSC and dramatizes the human aspects of NASA's efforts to launch Americans to the Moon. The miniseries highlights NASA's Apollo program and the events leading up to and including the six successful missions to the Moon. A special 500-seat theater was constructed next to the Apollo/Saturn V Center for the KSC premiere showing. Speakers at the event included KSC Director Roy Bridges (at right), Jeff Bewkes, chairman and CEO for HBO, and John F. Kennedy Jr. Also attending the event, which featured the episode entitled "1968," were Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, and Al Worden, Apollo 15 astronaut. The original miniseries event, created for HBO by actor Tom Hanks and Imagine Entertainment, will premiere on HBO beginning April 5, 1998 |
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03/25/1998 |
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