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Apollo 11 Heads for the Moon
July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on the way to becoming the first space mission to land men on the Moon. Previous post: Nintendo Releases Famicom This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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US Soft Lands on Moon
June 2, 1966 NASA’s lunar lander Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum (“Ocean of Storms”) on the Moon, becoming the first US spacecraft to soft-land on an extraterrestrial body. The previous Ranger program sent craft that had hard-landings (i.e. crash landings). However, the Soviet spacecraft, Luna 9, claims the honor of being the first to…
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First Men to Orbit the Moon
The view of Earth rising over the lunar surface from Apollo 8 December 23, 1968 Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William Anders become the first men to orbit the Moon. Flying in Apollo 8, the men perform 10 total lunar orbits and test many of the procedures that will be used in future lunar…
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First Man-Made Object on Moon
September 14, 1959 The Soviet space probe Luna 2 crashes onto the surface of the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon, as well as the first man-made object to reach any celestial body. Previous post: Osborne Declares Bankruptcy This Day in Tech History
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First Man to Drive on the Moon
July 31, 1971 Using the battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), Astronaut David Scott of the Apollo 15 mission becomes the first person to drive a vehicle on the Moon. The LRV was used during the last three missions to the Moon, Apollo 15, 16, and 17. The three LRVs used during the missions still remain on the surface of…
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First Man to Drive on the Moon
July 31, 1971 Using the battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), Astronaut David Scott of the Apollo 15 mission becomes the first person to drive a vehicle on the Moon. The LRV was used during the last three missions to the Moon, Apollo 15, 16, and 17. The three LRVs used during the missions still remain on the surface of…
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Did you know that it's Moon Day today?
Did you know that it's Moon Day today? Google Moon (Part II of "The Googling")"The Googling" part II: Two young men find pictures of the Apollo moon landings perhaps they shouldn't see TechiTeens Computer Repair’s Facebook Wall