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The rapid pace of preparations for the first Moon landing continued in April 1969. The successful Apollo 9 mission in March cleared the way for Apollo 10 to

Apollo 11 was the first mission to ever successfully land a man on the moon. The Mission The Apollo 11 mission was launched from Cape Kennedy at 1:30 PM...

Three astronauts began their mission to the moon on this day (July 16), 53 years ago. Three astronauts began their mission to the moon on this day (July 16), 53 years ago.

The mission launched two years after NASA declared there would be no new lunar landing missions after Apollo 17 - so the crew launched knowing time was limited.

May 25, 1961 The 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy delivered a stirring speech before a joint session of Congress. In it, he declared his intention to focus U.S. efforts on landing humans on the moon within a decade. His words ignited the work of a decade and ultimately achieved the dream of a moon landing, via the Apollo missions. Among other things, he said: I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and ret...

Snoopy Fri May 19 2000 at 3:01:25 Snoopy has been the star of Charles M. Schulz Peanuts comic strip since 1950. Charlie Brown feeds him. Snoopys doghouse is larger than it might seem. Like many dogs, he likes to tug on rags. He has aspired to be a writer, among many other roles. Roles Snoopy has played, in order of appearance. A surfer The WWI Army Surgeon The World-Famous Baseball Superstar The World-Famous Crabby Skating Pro Joe Motocross The World-Famous Big-Rig Operator A diving e...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90 Michael Collins (1930 - 2021) NASA NASA NASA Apollo 11 astronaut Major General Michael Collins (USAF (Retired)) has died at the age of 90 after a battle with cancer. In 1969, Collins was the Command Module Pilot for the first crewed lunar landing, and remained in orbit aboard the Command Service Module (CSM) Columbia while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the surface. One of the third group of NASA astronauts chosen in the 1960...

Posted By Ken Storey on Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:14 AM click to enlarge The Apollo/Saturn V Center After a yearlong closure related to COVID-19, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex plans to reopen the Apollo/Saturn V Center this month. The Brevard County attraction reopened many of its exhibits last summer after a short closure, but kept...

Often, I have written of my love of aviation. Growing up in McAlester, I was an aviation/NASA geek. So, it comes to no surprise my admiration and appreciation of the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford. Let me just point out, if you have never been, I would strongly encourage you to do so at some point. And if it has been awhile since you were there, it is time to go back! Named for Oklahoma native Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, the Smithsonian-affiliated museum is in the process of add...

NASA Fifty years ago today, on January 31, 1971, at 4:03 pm EST, a Saturn V rocket lifted off from Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center carrying Apollo 14 – the Moon mission that would make or break the US space program. If Apollo 14 is remembered at all by most people, its mainly as the answer to trivia questions like, who was the oldest man to walk on the Moon, or what is the longest lunar golf drive? But it was far more than that. Arguably, it was one of the most importan...