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Apollo 11 Biological Isolation Garment

2019/07/23 by terranovabay

This biological isolation garment was worn by Astronaut Buzz Aldrin upon his return to earth after his Apollo 11 flight in July of 1969. The National Air and Space Museum explains that “These garments were worn from the moment the hatch was opened after splashdown until the astronauts were sealed inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility in the unlikely case that the astronauts had been infected with some sort of extraterrestrial life form. It was expected that these suits would keep […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Apollo 11, Biological Isolation Garment, Buzz Aldrin, National Air and Space Museum

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Apollo Lunar Module Interior

2019/07/22 by terranovabay

The Apollo Lunar Module Simulator used by the astronauts to practice landings on the Moon while at Kennedy Space Center is now on display at the Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. For Apollo 11, Commander Neil Armstrong would be standing at the controls at left, while Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin stood at right. Note the small hatch below the control panel through which they would have to crawl through to get in and out […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Apollo 11, Apollo 14, Buzz Aldrin, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Lunar Module, Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong, Saturn V Center

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Apollo Lunar Module

2019/07/21 by terranovabay

Lunar Module-2 built my Grumman Aerospace Corporation in the mid-1960s was held by NASA as a spare if the unmanned test flight of Lunar Module-1 was not successful. Following the successful completion of that flight, there was no longer an urgent need to fly LM-2 in space so the vehicle remained Earthbound and was used in integration testing with other components of the flight hardware, especially the Saturn V rocket. By 1969 NASA had no further need for LM-2 so […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Apollo, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Japan, LM, LM-1, LM-2, Lunar Module, Moon, National Air and Space Museum, Osaka, Saturn V, World’s Fair

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Apollo Moon

2019/07/20 by terranovabay

The Moon as seen from the backyard in the early morning hours of 20 July 2019 on the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon 50 years ago it was a Moon waxing to Full. On this anniversary, the Moon is just past Full and is waning.

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Apollo 11, Moon

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Apollo Moon Landing Pop-Up Book

2019/07/19 by terranovabay

In commemoration of the Apollo Moon Landings, Hallmark produced an extraordinary pop-up book in 1969 called Astronauts on the Moon: The Story of the Apollo Moon Landings with the story by Stanley Hendricks and with illustrations by Al Muenchen. Paper mechanics and layout was by Howard Lohnes. Having owned a ragged copy of this book I was delighted to find in a northern California thrift store a pristine copy for only a quarter. Below are images from the book showing […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Apollo, Apollo 11, astronauts, Command Module, Hallmark, Lunar Module, Moon, Pop-Up Book, Saturn V

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Apollo 11 Command Module

2019/07/18 by terranovabay

Launched on a Saturn V rocket in July 1969, the Apollo 11 Command Module is the only piece of equipment that made the entire round trip to the Moon and back on the first successful lunar landing attempt carried out by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins. Here are a few images of that historic spacecraft in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. At the time the images were taken a few years ago […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Apollo 1, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, CMP, Command Module, Command Module Pilot, Mike Collins, National Air and Space Museum, Neil Armstrong, Washington

Peacekeeper

2019/07/08 by terranovabay

A long range view of the Orion Ascent Abort-2 test flight shows the launch vehicle leaping off of Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The booster powering this short flight is a refurbished SR118 Peacekeeper ICBM first stage motor. A weapon of war now serving the interests of peaceful exploration of space. Click to view more photos of the AA-2 test flight.

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: AA-2. Orion, Ascent Abort-2, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, LAS, Launch Abort System, Launch Complex 46, Minotaur IV, Peacekeeper ICBM, SLS, Space Launch System, SR118 Peacekeeper ICBM

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Ascent Abort-2

2019/07/05 by terranovabay

A Peacekeeper ICBM missile stage reworked into a civilian Minotaur IV stage boosts the Orion crew module Ascent Abort-2 test flight into the air over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 2 July 2019 at 7:00 a.m. from Launch Complex 46. The test is to prove the reliability and safety of the Launch Abort System (LAS) that will be used on NASA’s massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will be used to carry astronauts to the Moon and Mars. […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: AA-2. Orion, Ascent Abort-2, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, LAS, Launch Abort System, Launch Complex 46, Minotaur IV, Peacekeeper ICBM, SLS, Space Launch System

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Fallen Friends and Heroes, Again

2019/07/04 by terranovabay

Remembering a post from July 2015 A new exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex honors the fallen astronauts of STS-51L lost on the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, and STS-107 lost on the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003. Two sides of a hallway feature personal items from each seven person crew. The far wall is adorned with a quote from Ronald Reagan, President at the time of the Challenger accident, “The future doesn’t belong […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Atlantis exhibit, Challenger, Christa McAuliffe, Columbia, Gregory Jarvis, Hughes Aircraft Company, Ilan Ramon, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Michael Anderson, Rick Husband, Ronald Reagan, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Columbia, Star Trek, STS-107, STS-51L, William McCool

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AA-2 Eve

2019/07/01 by terranovabay

Engineers at several NASA centers built the Orion test article that has many of the design features and the same mass as the capsule that will carry crew. This test scheduled for 2 July 2019 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is designed to focus on Orion’s launch abort capabilities, and all required data will be captured by the data recorders, so the crew module used for Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test will not deploy parachutes after the abort system […]

Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: AA-2, Ascent Abort-2, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Abort System, Launch Complex 46, LC 46, Minotaur, Orion, Peacekeeper, SLS, Space Launch System

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Photography by Bob Montanaro

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Apollo 11 Biological Isolation Garment

Apollo Lunar Module Interior

Apollo Lunar Module

Apollo Moon

Apollo Moon Landing Pop-Up Book

Apollo 11 Command Module

Peacekeeper

Ascent Abort-2

Fallen Friends and Heroes, Again

AA-2 Eve

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