How the Apollo Program Manager Paved the Way for the Moon Landing Thinking back on the moonshot of Apollo 11, let's remember the NASA project manager who came on after the disastrous, fatal fire of ...
The Apollo program should be remembered as much for landing the first humans on the Moon as it is for countless demonstrations of problem solving and ingenuity, of continual fine-tuning and honing of ...
Ever since Apollo 11 carried the first people to the Moon, NASA has vowed that it will surpass its most historic achievement — either by returning to the Moon or by sending people to Mars. But after ...
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Humans first visited the Moon in 1969. The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the Apollo program made their journeys in spacecraft that relied on remarkably basic ...
The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing is upon us, and in that time, there has been plenty of ink spilled about the implications, technical specifications, individuals, and historical ...
The Apollo moon landings represent a milestone in human history, albeit one driven by the Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union and the demonstration of American technological capability in a global ...
What technologies do we take for granted today that were first developed for lunar missions? How do people feel about climbing aboard hypothetical spaceships piloted by robots? This Saturday, July 20, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am Founder and Executive Chair of Humatics and a professor at MIT. Jul 16, 2019, 12:33pm EDT Jul 16, 2019, 06:07pm EDT This ...
He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world. By Robert D.
James A. Lovell Jr., the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, led the three man crew, narrowly surviving a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970. By Jamie Leventhal He led the three-man crew ...