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apollo program

Saturn Launch Vehicle

November 14, 2011

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The Saturn family of rockets were an American project developed to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. A Saturn launch vehicle is another way to refer to one of these rockets. The rocket family was originally designed to be [...]

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“I believe this nation should commit itself…” Kennedy’s Moon Shot Speech to Congress

May 25, 2011

50 years ago today, US President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress to ask for support for the goal to “commit…before this decade is out, to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Kennedy urged Congress to appropriate the necessary funds, which eventually was one of [...]

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Was the Apollo Program an Anomaly?

January 25, 2011

How often have you heard (or thought) the sentiment that all NASA really needs is a President who will issue a bold challenge for the space agency, like Kennedy did in 1961, initiating the Apollo program to the Moon? Can we ever expect to witness such a call to action again? “It is very unlikely,” [...]

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Apollo Photos

August 27, 2010

Here are some cool Apollo photos. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”. This is a photograph of Astronaut John W. Young as he made his salute to the American flag during the Apollo 16 [...]

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Apollo 8 Photos

August 27, 2010

Here are some cool Apollo 8 photos. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”. This spectacular image of the earth as seen from the moon was taken by the astronauts onboard the Apollo 8 space [...]

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