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The Lunar Electric Rover is a prototype for the vehicle that ... During the first three manned missions, Apollo 11, 12 and 14, the astronauts roamed the moon’s surface on foot.
Teams from 35 colleges across the nation took to the Marshall Space Flight Center on Friday to kick off the annual Human ...
An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece.
The set includes a displayable model version of the lunar rover module carried by Apollo ... Lego's earlier released Saturn V rocket and Apollo 11 lunar module, the LRV (set no. 42182) includes ...
If you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3-scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module, [Plasanator]’s photos and build details will show off how he constructed one for a kid’s event that was a hit!
How did it differ from the earth? What were the mascons, those mysterious subsurface objects, that perturbed the orbits of lunar satellites? Now, as NASA celebrates Apollo 11 with a series of events ...
The Apollo mission that would eventually land a man on the Moon - Apollo 11 - was not the first. Apollo 8 and 10 entered lunar orbit but didn't achieve the program's goal, while during Apollo 1 ...
One of them was Armalcolite, which was named after the three astronauts of Apollo 11. It wasn’t until May 1961 that Kennedy decided that a moon mission gave the U.S. enough time to catch up to ...
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. In his visor you can see reflected Neil Armstrong and the Lunar Module. Mankind's first triumphant step off this world. On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts ...