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11
Apr

A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH ON THIS DAY IN 1970

The Apollo 13 astronauts

NASA Marks 50 Years Since Apollo 13 Mission

On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission,
was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida,
carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert and
Fred W. Haise.

The spacecraft’s destination was the Fra Mauro highlands
of the moon, where the astronauts were to explore the
Imbrium Basin and conduct geological experiments.

After an oxygen tank exploded on the evening of April 13,
however, the new mission objective became to get the
Apollo 13 crew home alive.

Lunar Pioneer: Forty years after Apollo 13

Behind the Scenes of Apollo 13 » Richard Nixon Foundation

Newspapers.com on X: "#OTD 50 years ago, Apollo 13 launched from Cape Canaveral in what was supposed to be the US's third lunar landing mission. This newspaper front page from Hawaii captures

                                         Apollo 13 - Wikipedia

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09
Apr

FIRST NASA ASTRONAUTS INTRODUCED

Group photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts at their first public appearance in April 1959: Walter M. Schirra, left, Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, John H. Glenn, M. Scott Carpenter, and L. Gordon Cooper
Walter M. Schirra, left, Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. “Gus”
Grissom, Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, John H. Glenn, M.
Scott Carpenter, and L. Gordon Cooper.

On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) formally introduced America’s
first astronauts to the press: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon
Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil “Gus” Grissom,
Walter Schirra Jr., Alan Shepard Jr. and Donald Slayton.

The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully
selected from a group of 32 candidates to take part in
Project Mercury, America’s first manned space program.

NASA planned to begin manned orbital flights in 1961.

NASA announced the first U.S. astronauts on April 9, 1959. Known as the Mercury 7, the men would all eventually make it to space, with Alan Shepard becoming the first American to

mercury_7_astros_on_life_cover

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18
Mar

WELCOME HOME!

Nasa capsule


A pair of NASA astronauts, who were stranded in space for more
than nine months, returned to Earth on Tuesday, landing in the
Gulf of America off Tallahassee, Florida, bringing an end to an unforeseen odyssey.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024. Boeing on June 5 will try once more to launch astronauts aboard a Starliner capsule bound for the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 10:52 am (1452 GMT) for a roughly one-week stay at the orbital laboratory. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

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02
Mar

SPACE PROBE WAS LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY

Pioneer 10 Launch - NASA Science

Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, was launched
from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar
system’s largest planet.

In December 1973, after successfully negotiating the asteroid belt
and a distance of 620 million miles, Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter
and sent back to Earth the first close-up images of the spectacular
gas giant.

In June 1983, the NASA spacecraft left the solar system and the
next day radioed back the first scientific data on interstellar space.

NASA officially ended the Pioneer 10 project on March 31, 1997,
with the spacecraft having traveled a distance of some six billion
miles.

Pioneer 10, the Pioneer Plaque & the Pioneer Anomaly | Space

Launched March 1972, Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to travel to Jupiter and send back data ...

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31
Jan

APOLLO MISSION DEPARTED ON THIS DAY IN 1971

Relive The Dramatic Apollo 14 Launch And Moon Landing, 50 Years Later! - Science

Apollo 14, piloted by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D.
Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa,was successfully launched from
Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a manned mission to the moon.

On February 5, after suffering some initial problems in docking
the lunar and command modules, Shepard and Mitchell were
able to descend to the lunar surface on the third U.S. moon
landing.

Upon stepping out of the lunar module, Shepard, who in 1961,
aboard Freedom 7, was the first American in space, became
the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon.

Shepard and Mitchell remained on the lunar surface for nearly
34 hours, conducting simple scientific experiments, such as
hitting golf balls into space with Shepard’s golf club, and
collecting 96 pounds of lunar samples. On February 9, Apollo
14 safely returned to Earth.

Spaceflight mission report: Apollo 14
The crew of Apollo 14 in their spacesuits: Edgar D. Mitchel,
Alan B. Shepard and Stuart A. Roosa.

Apollo 14 - NASA

Relive the dramatic Apollo 14 launch and moon landing, 50 years later - Science

See photos from the Apollo era like never before | CNN

50 years ago today, astronaut and golfer Alan Shepard turned the Apollo 14 landing site into a golf course as he became the first, and only, person to hit a golf ball

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