No, a “checklist error” did not almost derail the first moon landing
Enlarge / Apollo 11’s Eagle moves slowly away from Columbia and prepares for landing. (credit: NASA / Apollo Lunar Surface Journal) Update: It’s Fourth of July weekend in the US,…
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Enlarge / Apollo 11’s Eagle moves slowly away from Columbia and prepares for landing. (credit: NASA / Apollo Lunar Surface Journal) Update: It’s Fourth of July weekend in the US,…
Enlarge / Artist’s concept of a lunar lander. (credit: NASA) On Tuesday morning, NASA conducted what appears to have been a highly successful test of the launch escape system for…
Orion and its solid rocket on the launch pad Monday morning at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. Nearly five years have passed since NASA first launched its Orion spacecraft to…
Standing at the top row of the MOCR looking forward. The consoles are all lit via internal LEDs powered by a Crestron commercial lighting system, and the positions are all…
Enlarge (credit: NASA) With the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing fast approaching, there’s a veritable deluge of programs, events, and media of various forms, all dedicated to recapturing…