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What brand of golf ball did Alan Shepard hit off the moon? The world may never know
06 Feb 2025 21:15 GMT
… . 6, 1971. (Image credit: NASA)Shepard had NASA's permission to carry … the golf balls hit by astronaut Alan Shepard during the Apollo 14 mission … " thrown by astronaut Edgar Mitchell. (Image credit: NASA)
The two …
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Blue Origin mimics moon gravity on 1st-of-its-kind New Shepard research rocket launch (video)
04 Feb 2025 22:00 GMT
… s payloads were supported by NASA's Flight Opportunities … to bring lunar gravity to NASA and other lunar technology … "The findings will help NASA and its partners create safer … here and here.
New Shepard is named after Alan Shepard, the first American …
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?
03 Feb 2025 17:27 GMT
… (1971) saw America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard, as the commander with Ed … as chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA. Joking about how little … military pilot before becoming an astronaut. After NASA, Cernan had a career …
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Apollo 14 Lifts Off From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 1971
31 Jan 2025 22:48 GMT
… 14 lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center … to the Moon’s highlands. (NASA Image)
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – … Apollo 14 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in … made to the spacecraft.
Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart …
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Aliens on the moon! Astronaut Neil Armstrong admitted ahead of 1969 lunar landing he would be unprepared if attacked by extra-terrestrial life on arrival, unseen letter reveals
29 Jan 2025 11:11 GMT
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Apollo was the NASA programme that launched in 1961 … the Ocean of Storms, writes NASA .
Apollo 13 was to be … down on the lunar surface.
Astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin … 14 - February 5, 1971
Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell who were …
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Watch: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to simulate Moon's gravity in New Shepard suborbital launch
28 Jan 2025 18:19 GMT
… -29 mission of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle from West Texas … before liftoff. Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, New Shepard is primarily known for space …
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Blue Origin to simulate moon gravity on Jan. 28 New Shepard suborbital launch
24 Jan 2025 21:19 GMT
… rocket-capsule combo named after Alan Shepard, the first American to reach … over.
Related: New Shepard: Rocket for space tourism
NASA is a big … as no surprise; NASA is working to return astronauts to the moon …
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An Incredible Untold Story of The Apollo Moon Landing Gets Revealed in a Houston Couple With NASA Ties’ New Book
17 Jan 2025 07:06 GMT
… at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center Division of Crew Services.” The astronaut … in the book title is Alan Shepard, the first … moderated by Herb Baker, longtime NASA Procurement specialist. The event is …
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The Future Of The Spacesuit; What NASA’s Artemis Astronauts Will Wear
11 Jan 2025 05:39 GMT
… Space Station (Iss), Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria Prepares … Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) first responded to Sputnik … She next became a NASA communications specialist, work she … Navy test pilots, like Alan Shepard, the first American to …
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On this date: NASA selects developer of Mercury spacecraft
09 Jan 2025 21:21 GMT
On January 9, 1959, NASA selected the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation … carry the first American astronauts into space, Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom …