50 Years Ago Today: Apollo 11 Command Module Recovered After Splashdown
The Apollo 11 Command Module is hoisted aboard the USS Hornet, the prime recovery vessel for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The splashdown took place at 12:49 p.m.…
This Week in NASA History: Apollo 11 Splashes Down – July 24, 1969
This week in 1969, the Apollo 11 crew successfully returned to Earth following their eight-day mission to the lunar surface. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins splashed…
Eagle Scouts to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
NASA astronaut Morgan enters the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in preparation for space flight activities. Morgan launched to the space station July 20. Credits: NASA Fifty years after NASA astronaut and…
Vice President Unveils NASA Spacecraft for Artemis 1 Lunar Mission on Moon Landing Anniversary
Vice President Mike Pence visited and gave remarks in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary…
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Simulates View from Lunar Module
The only visual record of the historic Apollo 11 landing is from a 16mm time-lapse (6 frames per second) movie camera mounted in Buzz Aldrin’s window (right side of Lunar…