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How Apollo Astronauts Got to the Moon and Back
How Did the Spacecraft Get to the Moon? Astronauts got to the moon by traveling on a giant rocket (Saturn V) that launched ...
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On this date: Apollo 1 tragedy claims the lives of crew
On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. A flash fire swept through the capsule so quickly ...
Former NASA astronaut explains why Firefly’s ‘Blue Ghost’ moon landing is so rare
A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based company Firefly has successfully landed on the moon making it only the second ...
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NASA's Day of Remembrance: Three tragedies that shook the space program
Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...
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The Apollo Missions
On January 27, 1967, during a practice launch countdown, a flash fire ... After Apollo 1, the space program continued with a renewed purpose and diligence. Frank Borman, the astronaut on the ...
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Apollo, space shuttle astronauts become literal faces of moonbound payload
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface. Today that photo is long gone. But Duke’s visage is heading back to the moon this week ...
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Apollo astronauts: Our Christmas journey to the Moon
50 years ago this Christmas, three Nasa astronauts ... that any crew did during the Apollo programme because it was like drinking from a fire hose. It was a full-blown exercise." ...