“I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul … we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.”
— Neil Armstrong
Apollo Program
Posts tagged Apollo Program
Neil Armstrong in the Lunar Module after having completed the first moonwalk. The picture was taken by Buzz Aldrin.
I just love that combined look of satisfaction, happiness, and excitement.
Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82.
Thank you Neil for inspiring me to look up at the Moon and to dream about the cosmos.
Even though we know that Apollo 11 successfully returned its crew, Nixon’s prepared speech is still harrowing to read.
Really amazing to learn about how close the Apollo 11 landing was to failure.
A picture of the Apollo 16 Lunar Module seen from the rover at a distance.
The words that come to mind: small, but momentous.
Via nasa.gov
When the Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the moon, they filled out a customs form and declared their cargo.
Foreign soil: Moon rocks and dust
