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July 20th marked the anniversary of the first human setting foot on the moon. If you were alive back then, you probably remember being glued to the TV watching the high-tech images of Armstrong taking that first step. But if you go back and watch the video today, it doesn’t …read more
Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills is offering a trio of historic Apollo 11 artifacts as part of its Legends & Explorers auction, which takes place on July 17 and 18, 2020. Three of the hand controllers used to steer the famous Columbia Command Service… Continue reading Flight controls from historic Apollo 11 mission go up for auction
Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills is offering a trio of historic Apollo 11 artifacts as part of its Legends & Explorers auction, which takes place on July 17 and 18, 2020. Three of the hand controllers used to steer the famous Columbia Command Service… Continue reading Flight controls from historic Apollo 11 mission go up for auction
In this day and age where a megabyte of memory isn’t a big deal, it is hard to recall when you had to conserve every byte of memory. If you are a student of such things, you might enjoy an annotated view of the Apollo 11 DSKY sine and cosine …read more
There’s a galaxy of products commemorating Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary, from coins to cushions, tumblers to tote-bags. But for those who really want to wear their astro-hearts on their sleeve (or wrist), the Trappist-1 NASA edition might jus… Continue reading Apollo 11 50th anniversary watch puts a glowing star system on your wrist
Fifty years ago, two men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the surface of the Moon. That’s a very simple sentence to write, but getting to grips with what is almost certainly one of the top five events in the whole of human history – … Continue reading Apollo 11: Fifty years since that One Small Step
One of the original designers of a pioneering Apollo Moon experiment is leading an effort to create an upgraded version for future lunar landing missions. A team under professor emeritus at the University of Maryland (UMD), Doug Currie are de… Continue reading NASA green lights upgrade of Apollo era lunar laser experiment
This month will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that brought to a successful conclusion the challenge laid down by President Kennedy only eight years earlier. Three men went to the Moon, two walked on it, and they all came back safely, in a dramatic eight-day display …read more
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The month of July, 2019 will be a bumper one for the number of landmark scientific artifacts heading for auction. Three Christie’s auctions and a Sotheby’s auction have such a stellar array of scientific documents, manuscripts, tablets, seals and artifacts that we thought it worthwhile documenting them, even though in some cases, they are estimated to sell for quite affordable amounts.
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NASA has opened the doors to the restored Mission Control Center (MCC) from which Apollo-era flight controllers guided astronauts on the first bold voyages to the Moon, and safely home. The agency has also released a time-lapse video showing … Continue reading NASA reopens historic Apollo Mission Control Center