Nasa history

PHOTO REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont. American manned lunar lander. Study 1952. Von Braun's first lunar lander design was an immense spacecraft. Von Braun Lunar Lander INFO: www.astronautix.com/craft/vonander.htm Von Braun, NASA documents and biography: history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/ Werhner von Braun: " Moon lander vision ", Collier's magazine, October 18, 1952, Chesley Bonestell artist INFO: www.flickr.com/photos/mrdanbeaumont/16282304015/ Wernher von Braun: "Missile to Moon", documentary…

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Goodbye Delta 2 ! – News of September 23, 2018 – A mythical rocket has just retired. The Delta 2 rocket completed its last flight on September 15 by putting into orbit an Earth observation satellite. It was also its hundredth success in a row. Made by ULA, Delta 2 is not a particularly powerful… Read more

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NASA Apollo Missions - This timeline will also provide the students a foundation of the important dates to include in their timeline of NASA and the Apollo missions.

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TODAY IN HISTORY: Happy Birthday, NASA! The National Aeronautics and Space Administration became operational on October 1, 1958.

Another wonderful cutaway by Frank Munger, this time from a 1969 issue of "Flight International." This guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite technical illustrators. Key: 1 Docking probe 2 Capture latches 3 Capture latch release (LM side) 4 Probe shock-attenuator assembly 5 Telescoping cylinder (nitrogen pressure retraction) 6 Fixing strut 7 Docking latches 8 Forward heat-shield ejectors (operate at 25,000ft) 9 Drogue parachute mortar, fires at 23,000ft, 16.5ft conical ribbon parachute…