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High Power Rocketry: In the event Apollo 11 is lost (2009-04-23)
"On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. The following speech, revealed in 1999, was prepared by Nixon's then speechwriter, William Safire, ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Apollo 11 - The Day we saw "Columbus Set Sail" (2009-04-28)Read more here [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: July 16th is the 40th Anniversary of the Launch of Apollo 11 (2009-07-07)For the next 10 days. The Bayourat Rocketry Blog will count down with interesting Apollo 11 facts, photos, and stories. Please comment with your thoughts and experiences. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: DIY Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) (2009-07-10)For the space geek in all of us, Echoes of Apollo has plans to build your own AGC. (hat tip to falingtrea on TRF ) While you're at it, check out the main site . [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969 (2009-07-15)[Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 11 in The Big Picture (2009-07-17)40 Apollo 11 photos from The Big Picture [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Do you know where Apollo 11 was? (2009-07-17)Well, at this date 40 years ago, Apollo 11 was about half way there. Landing will be in a bit over 78 hours. [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Apollo 11 surface activties on a baseball diamond (2009-07-20)[Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 11 astronaut's customs declaration (2009-07-24)Res Communis posts about Apollo 11's customs form (see image). I guess I won't gripe about having to fill mine out next time. Hmmm, I thought you had to declare values on these forms :) [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: HDR photo of the old Apollo launch pad, taken at sunset (2009-10-02)HDR apollo center sunset , originally uploaded by maxcap60 . I thought this HDR (high dynamic range) photo of the old Apollo pad at KSC was pretty cool. It struck me as a modern day Ston ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 1 ... Challenger ... Columbia (2010-01-28)NASA - Day of Remembrance [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 11 slo-mo awesomeness (2010-05-02)This 8-minute video clip, taken from the Apollo 11 (July 16, 1969) launch umbilical tower, corresponds to about 30 seconds in real-time. (via Spacecraft Films ). Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 11 - almost lost due to software errors, saved by a ten year old (2010-12-20)Thanks to several movies, including Ron Howard's hit of the same name , the general public is well aware of Apollo 13's story . The short version: rocket launches, capsule heads to moon, ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo Command Module Panel (2011-01-31)Steve has some nice toys! Click through for the tagged version, a rear view and some history. Apollo Command Module Panel , originally uploaded by jurvetson . [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: First Moon Landing, One Shot, 1969, Apollo 11 (2011-03-16)"This is one shot, starting about 10 minutes before touch down. Seen trough the right window of Lunar Module (LM). Landing on the Sea of Tranquility : 20 July 1969 20:17,40 UTC. Video starts at 40 ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Search for the Apollo 11 Tapes (2011-03-28)The following are excerpts from a private email. It's space related and only of potential interest to those who will be around Houston on the indicated dates. I didn't try to independently ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Direct Flight Apollo Study: Two Man Apollo Spacecraft (2011-04-02)This post is a summary of another of luke skywalker' s NASA report summaries (except this time it's on TRF): Direct Flight Apollo Study: Two Man Apollo Spacecraft . This study looked at ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo Mission Control voice panel (2011-07-14)Apollo Mission Control , a photo by RadioKate on Flickr. I worked on the MCC voice system when I first got out of college. Not what I wanted to do but I learned how the company did business: How ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 12: Proof that lightning really does strike twice (2011-09-13)In the latest issue of Apogee's Peak of Flight Newletter , Issue # 295, author Bart Henin describes how two lightning strikes nearly aborted Apollo 12 less than a minute into launch. How things ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 15 - Saturn V (2011-10-07)Just scanned from my stash of NASA and NASA-related memorabilia. [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: The Sagan Series – Part 8 – Gift of Apollo (2011-11-02)The whole series is here: The Sagan Series [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Apollo Lunar Landing Mission Poster (2012-01-19)Here is a classic poster from 1967 of the Apollo Lunar Landing mission. Image is available at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Lunar Module separation from theCommand Module (2012-03-07)Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Lunar Module separation from the Command Module , a photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: More about the Apollo 11 engine recovery project (2012-03-30)Space.com came up with this nice infographic. I'd still like to hear more about the search process. And, of course, the plans for recovery too. "If they're intact, they're like 9 tons each...That ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: The moon landing +25 years: BIS's Lunar Space-ship, NOVA and the evolving Apollo (2012-04-04)Here are some more snippets from the July 1994 Moon Landing edition of IEEE Spectrum. I mentioned in the previous post that the British Interplanetary Society's 1929 "Lunar Space-ship" study was ... [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Forty Years Ago Three Men Left The Bounds Of Earth For A Voyage Of Discovery. Apollo 16 (2012-04-16)This is one of the greatest Documentaries of the Apollo program I've every watched. Enjoy. [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Apollo 11′s Source Code (2012-04-25)If you are a rocketry and computer geek like me the following website will send a spark through those sleepy synapses. The Virtual AGC — AGS — LVDC — Gemini page is dedicated the ... [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Apollo 11′s original press kit (2012-05-03)I guess I’m feeling nostalgic and posting a number of Apollo 11 related items. Came across the original press kit from the Apollo 11 mission in the NASA History archives. This is a gem of a ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo Testing (2012-06-13)Apollo Testing , a photo by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr. [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Has an Apollo 13 secret been revealed over 40 years later? (2012-08-06)An interesting thread appeared on Reddit recently where a 97 year old ex-deputy chief of media relations during the time of the Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 dropped a real bombshell claiming that an ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Apollo Reentry Simulation (2012-08-24)[Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Experience the Apollo 11 landing in a new amazing way (2012-10-25)OK ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: How to plant a flag on the Moon (2012-12-09)"The flag on the moon represents an important event in vexillological history. This paper examines the political and technical aspects of placing a flag on the moon, focusing on the ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: "Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing" (This is good!) (2012-12-18)A co-worked from my days as a JSC MCC contractor sent me this link: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing . From the home page: Over 43 years ago, the entire nation watched as three men explored ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Experience Apollo 11 landing like never before (2012-12-19)Experience one of the most nerve-racking events in the history of manned spaceflight; the first landing on the Moon. This website syncs flight footage, telemetry, and communications all on one ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 17/Saturn 5 rocket, sunrise, December 6, 1972 (2013-02-24)Apollo 17/Saturn 5 rocket, sunrise, December 6, 1972 , a photo by Mr Dan Beaumont on Flickr. [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Dredging for Rockets: Apollo 11 Engines Recovered by Bezos Expeditions (2013-03-20)Apollo 11 Engines Recovered by Bezos Expeditions , a photo by jurvetson on Flickr. Click through to find more info about the recovery of Apollo 11's Saturn V engines. Steve's post includes more ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Apollo 11 - Today the Moon, tomorrow... (2013-07-14)[Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo manned lunar landing mission profile (2013-12-14)A full sized copy can be viewed on Dan's Flickr stream... Apollo manned lunar landing mission profile , a photo by Mr Dan Beaumont on Flickr. [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: NASA releases 17000 photos from Apollo era: Happy Holidays! (2013-12-25)NASA has released 17000 more photos to the Apollo archive according to the UKs Daily Mail “The archive, released through the Nasa-funded Lunar And Planetary Institute, shows not only the ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Apollo 13 - as it happened (2014-01-04)[Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo 1 (2014-01-27)Apollo 1 , a photo by pcarsola on Flickr. Here's remembering Apollo 1 - Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee. [Read More]
Bayourat Aerospace Blog: January 31,1971 Apollo 14 Launch (2014-01-31)43 years ago Apollo 14 launched 3 men on a trip to the moon. Here is the video of the launch. It was a clear day and you can see stage separation and tower jettison. Incredible! ... [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Apollo images (2014-05-24)[Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Apollo 11 45th anniversary (2014-07-16)Today marks the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 11 liftoff. Here are a few of my favorite past Apollo 11 post: The original Apollo 11 Press Kit Apollo 11 Source code Apollo 11 Transcripts Apollo 11 ... [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: 45 years ago Apollo 12 launches and is struck by lightning (2014-11-14)36.5 seconds after launch , Apollo 12 was hit by lightning. Here is a great review from the movie “Failure Is Not An Option” [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Saturn V Apollo SA-500F Shake Test at VAB 1966 (2014-12-03)"On October 14, 1966, a "boilerplate" full Saturn V and Apollo spacecraft stack inside the Vehicle Assembly Building is rocked back and forth by employees pushing with their feet and pulling with a ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Margaret Hamilton, Apollo flight software ninja (2015-07-21)Margaret headed up the team at the MIT Draper Lab that wrote the software for the Apollo guidance computer. Vox.com has an interesting article about her and her software. The photo shows her ... [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: NASA uploads 8434 Apollo mission photos to Flickr (2015-10-02)These photos have been online other places but really shine in the Flickr format. You can see the photos at Flickr by clicking here. [Read More]
High Power Rocketry: Apollo 11 Launch Cameras: 201 cameras (2016-07-17)Apollo 11 Launch Cameras from Spacecraft Films on Vimeo . [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Apollo 11 landing in Real Time (2016-07-20)Every year on this date I like to experience the landing again in Real Time. [Read More]
Shroudlines: I'll Trade You an Apollo 13 for Two Liberty Bell 7's! (2016-09-14)You never know what you are going to find at estate sales. This past weekend, I was poking around one and in a box in the garage I found these: Yep, NASA approved space related trading cards! These ... [Read More]
Shroudlines: A Note From A Great Day (2016-09-17)I was going through some paperwork the other day and I came across something interesting... This was a note that was placed inside every "goodie bag" that was handed out at the Apollo 7 ... [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Smithsonian releases 3D tour of Apollo 11 capsule (2016-10-01)“To mark the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission, the Smithsonian has made available a high-resolution 3-D scan of the command module “Columbia,” the spacecraft that ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Interesting Apollo capsule concepts circa 1961 (click thru for full descriptions) (2016-12-03)[Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Apollo 17 in real time (2016-12-09)Experience the Apollo 17 mission in real time. Apollo 17 launched 44 years ago on Dec. 7th 1972. Click here to join mission [Read More]
Shroudlines: They Wrote the Book on Apollo 7... (2017-05-29)...and here it is! As many of you probably know, Apollo 7 resides in Dallas, Tx at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. I was part of a 40th anniversary celebration for that flight a few years back, and ... [Read More]
Rocket Dungeon: Apollo lecture by Gene Krantz (2018-11-25)This video from Gene Krantz was forwarded to be via my old MCC contacts. Since it was so widely shared, I will quote his original email. Enjoy! Team and friends, I had the privilege to speak at ... [Read More]
GRC Blog: In Preparation for the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 (2019-01-04)2019 will be the year to celebrate the Apollo 11 Moon landing. here is an interesting article from Vanity Fair you all may find interesting to read: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018 ... [Read More]
GRC Blog: How Did we get the TV Transmission from Apollo 11 (2019-04-11)Here is a great video explaining how we in 1969 were able to see the TV transmission of the Apollo 11 mission: https://www.honeysucklecreek.net/Apollo_11/index.html [Read More]
Model Rocket Building: Saturn V Parachutes (2019-04-14)I've noticed some vendors selling printed Saturn V style parachutes. Three parachutes, two for the main body, one for the upper body. I can understand why some purists want everything close to ... [Read More]
GRC Blog: BBC 13 Minutes To The Moon (2019-06-20)The BBC is providing a great Pod Cast series called "13 Minutes To The Moon". This is something for those interested in the Apollo program : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2 http:/ ... [Read More]
GRC Blog: Re-live Apollo 11 as it happens (2019-07-01)Ben Feist has done a great job working with recreating the Apollo 11 mission: https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/ Ben also did a terrific job with Apollo 17: https://apollo17.org/ It would be something ... [Read More]
Wayne Hill's Blog: Apollo 50th: Build a LEM Paper Model (2019-07-12)As the Apollo 11 50th anniversary approaches I find it’s time to build a paper model of the iconic Lunar Module.I hope you will join me in this undertaking and build your own. Two great models ... [Read More]
GRC Blog: Re Living Apollo 11 Mission (2019-07-16)Sapce News Apollo 11 Special: https://spacenews.com/download/Apollo_at_50_07_16_19.pdf [Read More]
Beyond Blue Aerospace: Canada’s Role in The Apollo Program (2019-07-19)As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of humans first setting foot on the moon under the US Apollo program, it’s a ... [Read More]
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