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Don't ya just love a good Apollo anniversary?
Don't ya just love a good Apollo anniversary? It started in October, and the biggest one comes up in July... Apollo 50th anniversary milestones. Apollo 7, October 1968: First manned flight of the redesigned Command and Service Modules (CSM). Apollo 8, December 1968: First manned flight of the Saturn V rocket, and first manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon. The Earthrise photo from this mission inspires the environmental movement. Apollo 9, March 1969: First manned flight of the Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit. Apollo 10, May 1969: First flight of the LM in lunar orbit. Apollo 11, July 1969: First manned landing and exploration of the Moon. Apollo 12, November 1969: Second manned landing and exploration of the Moon. Apollo 13, April 1970: NASA's most successful failure, as the third planned manned Moon landing mission is aborted due to failure of the SM; NASA and contractors work with the crew to bring them home safely. |
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"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for Mankind." -- Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969
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