OTD in space – August 2: Apollo 15 makes 1st televised lunar liftoff

On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent ...
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How NASA's Artemis III mission differs from Artemis I, II and Apollo 9

NASA's Artemis program is officially paving humanity's modern road back to the Moon. While earlier missions in the program focused on building 'operational heritage' for the Space Launch System (SLS) ...
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56 years ago, Huntsville-designed Saturn V rocket sent Apollo 10 into space for ‘dress rehearsal’ mission

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into space to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?

Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or “sat” – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the Moon affected ...
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Apollo 15 Astronauts Landed on Moon at Hadley-Apennine 55 Years Ago

NASA astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin landed the Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon in the Moon’s Hadley-Apennine region 55 ...
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Move Through Tunnel from Command Module to Lunar Module

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