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20 Facts About the Apollo Space Missions That Most Americans Don't Know
The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...
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The Apollo Missions
Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin were the crew of Apollo 15, the first mission to use the four-wheel-drive lunar rover. John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke of Apollo 16 and Gene Cernan ...
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Apollo 15’s Al Worden on Space and Scandal
He spoke with the magazine’s Julie Mianecki. Apollo 15 was the first mission to use the lunar rover, to conduct extensive scientific experiments in space, and to place a satellite in lunar orbit ...
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How the Bulova Lunar Pilot Accidentally Landed on the Moon
The Apollo 15 mission of 1971, NASA’s fourth trip to the lunar surface, didn’t have the same cultural heft as Apollo 11 or the Hollywood-ready story arc of Apollo 13. Apollo 15, however ...
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Apollo Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Astronauts get all the glory, but true STEM geeks know the people at mission control are superstars, too. Don’t believe us? Take a tour of the Apollo Mission Control Center. In 1985, the room ...