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A flight is michael strahan, but what i found interesting is the eldest daughter of alan shepard. he was the first american to fly to space back in 1961. i didn't know this. he actually eventually walked on the moon in the "apollo 14" mission about ten years later. >> let's listen in. we're about 15 seconds from takeoff. >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 -- main engine start -- 2, 1 -- [

How first American in space brought a newspaper to the moon MARA BELLABY, Florida Today FacebookTwitterEmail MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — When the 363-foot Saturn V rocket ignited its five engines to send the crew of Apollo 14 — including America’s first man in space, Alan Shepard — on their lunar mission, something rather unusual was on board. TODAY, founded by Al Neuharth just five years earlier, was going to the moon. “It was a big deal but shoot, this was TODAY newspaper, we can do anything,” recalled David Baker, whose father, Buddy Baker, was TODAY’s community service director a...

Feb 09, 2021 11:04 PM EST In 1971, approximately 500 seeds of various species were launched into orbit; it circled the moon 34 times before returning to Earth, where they were then planted in various locations across the globe. NASA sent 400 to 500 seeds into space to see if they would be altered. In 1971, the seeds went along with the Apollo 14 mission and circled the moon 34 times. They planted them in the US, Europe, and South America. The spouted plant is referred to as 'Moon Trees' by the agency, and there are 83 overall. Unfortunately, about a third of the trees have died since being p...

Evidence that apollo astronauts had indeed been there. the landing site of apollo 12. footprints left by the apollo 14 crew. lunar rover vehicles used during the apollo 151617 missions and their trucks. scientific equipment that the astronauts had set up. and of course the site where neil armstrong 1st set foot on the moon surface. in 2009 president obama and the astronauts marked the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. up in hawaii as many of you know and i still recall. sitting on my grandfather's shoulders when those capsules would land from the