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By Aaron Michael Jul 20, 2021 Today is such a monumental day in the history of not just the United States, but the world! 52 years ago today, man walked on the moon! At Rice Stadium in Houston, TX in September of 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke these famous words that ignited the space race, " We choose to go to the Moon... We choose to go to the Moonin this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..." This ignited NASA to develop the technolog...

By Aaron Michael Jul 20, 2021 Today is such a monumental day in the history of not just the United States, but the world! 52 years ago today, man walked on the moon! At Rice Stadium in Houston, TX in September of 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke these famous words that ignited the space race, " We choose to go to the Moon... We choose to go to the Moonin this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..." This ignited NASA to develop the technolog...

NASA In 1971, Apollo 15 became the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The LRV was a lightweight, electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon In the 50 years since the Apollo missions took man to the moon there are a lot of images and sounds that have become a part of our history. There’s "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." And of course "Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." But do you remember an astronaut ...

The Bullock Texas History Museum. Image from the museums website. The Bullock Texas State History Museum is supposedly one of the guardians of Texas history and culture. Its mission is right there in the name. The museum is operated by the Texas State Preservation Board and boasts exhibits across the breadth and scale of Texas and its history, from pre-history through the Spanish and French periods, the Texas Revolution, the Civil War, and even the space program. Houston, the state’s largest...

Etchells Australian Nationals at Mooloolaba Yacht Club - Overall by Nic Douglass 14 Jun 06:10 BST 9-13 June 2021 Peter Merrington and his team of Ian McKillop and Steve "Mothy" Jarvin on First Tracks AUS1485 took the wins in the Etchells Australian Nationals and the Australasian Championships on Sunday 13 June winning the final race of the regatta over Martin Hills Lisa Rose AUS1484, and Mark Bradfords Pie AUS947 which were also the overall regatta placings. Race 8 The fleet wer...

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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...

In the post, NASA also quoted what Collins had said during a transmission to Mission Control on the trip back to Earth from the Moon on July 21, 1969. “This trip of ours to the Moon may have looked, to you, simple or easy… All you see is the three of us, but beneath the surface are thousands and thousands of others, and to all those I would like to say, thank you very much.” NASA further shared what the mission control stated during Apollo 11. “Not since Adam has any human known such so...

Scientific American Collins piloted the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down in 1969 Print Michael Collins at Apollo 11 Command Module, practicing docking hatch removal from CM simulator at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, June 28, 1969. Credit: Getty Images Advertisement Gemini and Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon during the world’s first lunar landing mission, has died at the age of 90. Collins’ death on Wednesday (April 28) was...

Steven Senne / AP Originally published on April 28, 2021 11:48 am An astronaut who flew on one of the most famous space missions of all time has died. Michael Collins, 90, was part of the three-member crew on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission in 1969. Unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, he never walked on the moon. Collins stayed behind and piloted the command module as it circled above. Because of that, Collins is often called the forgotten astronaut. Collins had been battlin...