But the political winds shifted as quickly as public interest faded. Pyle says that higher-ups in NASA flight control were in fact relieved when the order came to shut down Apollo. They understood perhaps better than anyone how lucky they were that no Apollo crew was lost on the way to or from the moon. Tragically, the Apollo 1 crew died in a pre-launch fire. Legendary Mission Control pioneer Christopher Kraft was one of them. He has called for increased NASA funding to send men and women back to the moon by But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. Alan Bean sits by two of his paintings at an exhibition of his artwork at the National Air and Space Museum to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing in Related: Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the moon, dead at Edgar Mitchell, left, conducts a seismic experiment during the first Apollo 14 moonwalk with Alan Shepard on Feb.
The photograph was captured by an automatic camera mounted on a vehicle the mission used to haul equipment. The crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, from left, Stuart Roosa, commander Alan Shepard and lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell. Roosa remained in orbit while the other two landed on the moon. Mitchell died at 85, in Florida, in early After NASA, Mitchell devoted his life to exploring the mind, physics and unexplained phenomena such as psychics and aliens.
Shepard died in Before walking on the moon, Shepard became the first American in space with a suborbital flight in James Irwin, lunar module pilot, gives a military salute to David Scott, taking the picture, while standing beside the U.
The lunar module Falcon stands at center. Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately some 13, feet above the plain. James Irwin, left, and David Scott sample rocks in the Mojave Desert during a field trip where they used a lunar rover simulator to explore a lava flow at the base of the Sierra Nevadas in California on April 29, He died in He is only one of three astronauts who have flown both earth orbital and lunar Apollo missions.
He is Mattingly remained in orbit while Young and Duke landed on the moon. At 36, Duke was the youngest man to walk on the moon. He retired from NASA in to enter private business. Learn more about our closest celestial neighbour the Moon in our books published by Royal Museums Greenwich.
He stepped out of the Apollo 11 lunar module and onto the Moon's surface, in an area called the 'Sea of Tranquility. The Eagle has landed. They also unveiled a plaque bearing President Nixon's signature and an inscription reading:. We came in peace for all mankind.
Find out more about the Apollo 11 crew. He began flying at a young age after being fascinated by planes in an air show.
On his 16th birthday, he received his pilot's licence and later studied aerospace engineering at Purdue University. During college, Armstrong joined the Navy and became a fighter pilot and fought in the Korean War, flying fighter jets from aircraft carriers. After graduating, he became a test pilot. Armstrong learnt to fly over different types of aircraft, including the X15 rocket plane which could reach top speeds of over 4, miles per hour.
It paved the way for the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. He was joined by Aldrin 19 minutes later. The two spent about two hours together outside the lunar module, taking photographs and collecting The video recording of his moonwalk was transmitted to Mission Control in Houston and watched by million people on television across the world.
Neil Armstrong had a varied career following his trip to the Moon. He retired from NASA in , announcing he would not fly in space again. He also acted as a spokesman for several businesses, only accepting roles within American companies. These companies include car manufacturer, Chrysler and General Time Corporation. Neil Armstrong died of heart complications on 25 August in Cincinnati, Ohio. As well as many schools and streets across America, The Armstrong Air and Space Museum in his hometown of Wapakoneta and the airport in New Knoxville, Ohio where he took his first flying lessons are also both named in his honour.
0コメント