apollo 11

52 years ago today, Apollo 11 with its three astronauts lifted off for its journey to the Moon. You can watch the CBS News special coverage with Walter Cronkite (and the original advertisements too) below. zYnF31el-ik

The Smithsonian has released a 3D model of the Apollo 11 command module. You can move around inside. Left mouse button pivots, right moves left/right/up,down, and scroll wheel moves you forward and back. There's some graffiti scribbled on the tan panel with rounded corners...

Per the news: Full article: Associated Press or Click here to download restored footage from NASA.

At first when I heard the reports on the news in South Africa, I thought that the famous missing tapes of the high-res SSTV footage had been found. But as this article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6716881.ece shows, its just the broadcast footage thats been...

Apollo 11 Lunar Module O2 Consumption Abstract In a posting in the James Randi Education Forums, the individual known as Apollo20, who is Dr. Frank Greening, posted a claim that the O2 usage in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, according to the published figures, was far below the minimal amount that...

Hey all. This is just a quick few questions, I'm hoping someone (probably R. Mackey) can point me in the right direction. My friend and I were discussing the Apollo 11 conspiracy theory, and he brought up claims I hadn't heard of before. Furthermore, I wasn't able to find the answers at...

Really? http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=6647204125621625190&q=apollo

Thirty-five years ago, 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the surface of the moon in a lunar module named Eagle. The lunar module had overshot its target landing area, and Armstrong was looking for a place to set down. Only seconds remained before fuel would run low and...