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First ever drawings of the moon made by Galileo Galeili after observing it through his telescope in 1609.
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Doesn't matter how cool you think you are, you'll never be as cool as Neil Armstrong and David Scott after reentering Earth on their severely malfunctioning Gemini-VIII spacecraft. March 17, 1966
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Remembering who made #NationalMoonDay possible...
#Apollo11 #space #Apollo1 July 20, 1969
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Pleased to see that India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft has returned these images of the #Apollo11 & 12 landing sites. Now lunar orbiting spacecraft of two nations have captured the LM descent stages resting peacefully decades after they sent humans to another world.
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Take You Back:
To the man who made us look past the sky,
R.I.P. Neil Armstrong
July 20, 1969
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Today we have lost a quiet giant.
Jim Lovell carried courage and hope into the darkness – and taught us that even the longest journey is possible with a heart full of light.
His star will never fade.
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After more than 21 hours on the lunar surface, at 17:54:00 UTC, Armstrong and Aldrin lifted off in Eagle's ascent stage to rejoin Collins aboard Columbia in lunar orbit.
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Take You Back:
To the man who made us look past the sky,
R.I.P. Neil Armstrong
July 20, 1969
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To all the Flat Earthers & those who say that #Apollo Moon Landing were fake.
These are some of the clearest images from a non-NASA space agency.
Detailed images of the #Apollo11 and #Apollo12 landing sites on the Moon, via India's #Chandrayaan2 orbiter.
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Neil Armstrong’s wife Jan and their boys watching the takeoff of #Apollo11
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#Apollo11 crew had to sign US customs' forms after returning from the moon on July 24, 1969, declaring that they brought moon dust & rock samples back. The declaration form was signed by crew members: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin & Michael Collins. contactlight.de
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#Apollo11 liftoff, Walter Cronkite: "What a moment! Man in the way to moon...", July 16, 1969
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One of the most iconic photographs of all time: Buzz Aldrin on the moon during the #Apollo11 mission, taken by Neil Armstrong | NASA.
July 20, 1969
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Buzz Aldrin, #Apollo11 Lunar Module Pilot inside the Lunar Module LM as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of the Extravehicular Activities
July 20, 1969
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One of the most iconic photographs of all time: Buzz Aldrin on the moon during the #Apollo11 mission, taken by Neil Armstrong | NASA.
July 20, 1969
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Doesn't matter how cool you think you are, you'll never be as cool as Neil Armstrong and David Scott after reentering Earth on their severely malfunctioning Gemini VIII spacecraft. March 17, 1966
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Protestors in Moscow – demonstrating in support of Alexei Navalny – bombard police with snowballs
#navalny #navalnyprotests #Russia #RussiaProtests
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July 20, 1969. 20:17 GMT. "Houston. Tranquility base. The Eagle has landed." "That's one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind." Unforgettable and inspiring to a 7 year old kid.
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Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11
is the only human, alive or dead
that isn't in the frame of this picture,
took July 21, 1969.
#Apollo11 #MOONLanding
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Remembering who made #NationalMoonDay possible...
#Apollo11 #space #Apollo1 July 20, 1969
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A WALK TO REMEMBER:
Led by Neil Armstrong, the crew of the Apollo 11
is seen arriving atop Pad A, Launch Complex 39 on July 16, 1969
#Apollo11 #space
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"LRO images stitched together give a great view of the #Apollo 11 landing site"
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The untold story of the first moon landing...
July 20, 1969
#tintin
#Apollo11 #MOONLanding
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#Apollo11 liftoff, Walter Cronkite: "What a moment! Man in the way to moon...", July 16, 1969
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#HappyBirthday (August 5, 1930),
to the man who made us look past the sky,
Neil Armstrong!
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57 years ago today, a launch rehearsal incident resulted all three #Apollo1 crew members - Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom - were killed. This fantastic cartoon by the late Wayne Stayskal was published after the #Apollo11 moon landing.
#NASA #Space
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#Apollo11 Crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin on July 11 1969. Saturn V rocket to the Moon
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55 years ago, July 24, 1969, the three #Apollo11 astronauts successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Here, the crew and a U.S. Navy underwater-demolition-team swimmer await pickup by a helicopter from the recovery ship USS Hornet.
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In 1968, when NASA decided Apollo 8 would be a lunar orbit mission, return-to-Earth specialist Poppy Northcutt @poppy_northcutt became the first female engineer in Mission Control. With other engineers, she plotted return-to-Earth trajectories for #Apollo8
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On August 7, 2025, James Lovell passed away at the age of 97.
With Apollo 8, he gave us the first glimpse of Earth’s fragile beauty, and with Apollo 13, he brought his crew home when all hope seemed lost.
– his star will continue to shine.
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Gene Cernan, #Apollo17 Last man to walk on the #moon: “Truth needs no defense. Nobody, nobody can ever take those footsteps that I made on the surface of the moon away from me.”
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I was seven when the #Apollo11 Eagle landed on the moon. I never forgot watching this on live tv...
July 20, 1969
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"Roger, go at throttle up."
Final transmission from Space Shuttle Challenger at 11:39:10 EST on 28 January 1986.
God speed to the crew of STS-51-L.
#Challenger #NASARemembers #SpaceShuttleChallenger
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Today marks 39 years since the Space Shuttle #Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven onboard.
January 28, 1986
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Heartbreaking so soon after the very recent loss of Ken Mattingly.
We lost an another hero of the American Space Odyssey, Frank Borman dies at 95.
He led the first team of American astronauts to circle the moon
Godspeed Frank Borman
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"Fallen Astronaut" is a 3 inch tall aluminum sculpture of a human figure & plaque was left on the #moon on August 2, 1971 by #Apollo15 astronauts to commemorate astronauts and cosmonauts who had died, incl #Apollo1
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I was seven when the #Apollo11 Eagle landed on the moon. I never forgot watching this on live tv...
July 20, 1969
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Armstrong's first photo after setting foot on the Moon
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July 20, 1969
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Happy Birthday to the woman who made it possible for humankind to land on the moon, #MargaretHamilton!
#Born August 17, 1936
Margaret Hamilton led the team at @MIT that wrote the Apollo guidance software.
#MargaretHamilton
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#HappyBirthday (August 5, 1930),
to the man who made us look past the sky,
Neil Armstrong!
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Happy birthday to moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, born as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, on January 20, 1930. @TheRealBuzz
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#Apollo10 paved the way for the upcoming manned lunar landing mission by successfully demonstrating the rendezvous and docking operations in lunar orbit #Space
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"To those people, tonight, we give a special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight, God bless you. Good night from #Apollo11." Neil Armstrong, during their final TV broadcast of mission. July 23, 1969
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Today it's been 12 years without a legend.
You are so missed.
RIP Neil Armstrong
August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012
We salute you.
#Apollo11 #MOONLanding #NASA
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I'm so sorry to report some very sad news...
Another astronaut hero has left us, - Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on #Apollo16, has died at 87 - He piloted Apollo 16 and commanded the shuttle. But he may be best known for the mission he didn't fly: the ill-fated Apollo 13.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, inside the Lunar Module during checkout and inspection after hatch opening.
July 20, 1969
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I'm so sorry to report some very, very sad news...
another astronaut hero has left us, -
William Anders (90), the #Apollo8 astronaut who took the famed "Earthrise" photo in 1968, has died in plane crash in San Juan Islands.
June 7, 2024
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Happy Birthday to the legendary “White Flight,” Gene Kranz. 🚀 One of the most recognized faces of the Moonlanding era though he never left Earth. He was born August 17, 1933, in Toledo, Ohio. Happy Birthday, Flight.
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Doesn't matter how cool you think you are, you'll never be as cool as Neil Armstrong and David Scott after reentering Earth on their severely malfunctioning Gemini-VIII spacecraft. March 17, 1966
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July 21, 1969 after spending a total of 21 h, 36min, 21 sec on the surface of The Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin fired the rocket engine of the LM’s Ascent Stage.
Three hours and forty minutes later, the Eagle ascent stage docked with Columbia, the CSM, in lunar orbit.
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#OTD July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 left Earth to begin the first expedition to land humans on another world.
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#Apollo11 crew had to sign US customs' forms after returning from the moon on July 24, 1969, declaring that they brought moon dust & rock samples back. The declaration form was signed by crew members: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin & Michael Collins. contactlight.de
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On April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No 2 blows up on #Apollo13
26 seconds later the famous radio message was sent
87 hours later the crew made it safely home
The crisis that became @NASA's 'most successful failure'
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Armstrong's first photo after setting foot on the Moon
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#Apollo11 #MOONLanding
July 20, 1969
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Today is July 20 — exactly 56 years since humans first landed on the Moon in 1969.
That moment was historic, but it’s still the farthest we’ve gone in person. July 20 1969
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55 years ago today, a launch rehearsal incident resulted all three #Apollo1 crew members - Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom - were killed. This fantastic cartoon by the late Wayne Stayskal was published after the #Apollo11 moon landing.
#NASA #Space
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"Fallen Astronaut" is a 3 inch tall aluminum sculpture of a human figure & plaque was left on the #moon on August 2, 1971 by #Apollo15 astronauts to commemorate astronauts and cosmonauts who had died, incl #Apollo1
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How old were you when that happened?
July 20th, 1969
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Preparing for #Apollo11's Launch
#OTD July 16, 1969
#Space #Nasa
Apollo 11 Astronauts Suit Up -
that was the Point of no return and so exciting for them , heroes or dead , nobody knew
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Buzz Aldrin during pre-flight suiting. July 16, 1969.
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July 20, 1969, #Apollo11 landed on the moon, the first time in history mankind has stepped on another celestial body. They left there, on the Sea of Tranquility, the #Apollo1 mission patch.
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"We went to the moon, but what we really discovered was the planet Earth."
#Apollo8 December, 1968
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Photo: Marco Grob for TIME
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In 1968, when NASA decided Apollo 8 would be a lunar orbit mission, return-to-Earth specialist Poppy Northcutt @poppy_northcutt became the first female engineer in Mission Control. With other engineers, she plotted return-to-Earth trajectories for #Apollo8
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On July 8, 1999, #NASA astronaut Pete Conrad, the 3rd man to walk on the moon, passed away.
He had flown in space 4 times in total.
a silent memory of a great legend...
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"We went to the moon, but what we really discovered was the planet Earth."
#Apollo8 December, 1968
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Photo: Marco Grob for TIME
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June 11, 1969, #NASA officially announced the decision to attempt a lunar landing on the #Apollo11 mission, slated for mid-July.
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#Apollo11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, await helicopter pickup from their life raft, July 24, 1969.
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Buzz Aldrin, #Apollo11 Lunar Module Pilot inside the Lunar Module LM as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of the Extravehicular Activities
July 20, 1969
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August 7, 2025 #today, we mourn the loss of astronaut James Lovell.
With James Lovell, the last of the “New Nine” has now become a star in the sky – the “New Nine” are no more, only memories remain in the silence of time.
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Astronaut Michael Collins @AstroMCollins, Apollo 11
is the only human, alive or dead
that isn't in the frame of this picture,
took July 21, 1969.
#Apollo11 #MOONLanding
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54 years ago today, Apollo 15’s crew David Scott, James Irwin on board the LM, Falcon, touched down on the surface of the moon. July 30, 1971: #NASA History #Apollo15 mission landed first battery powered lunar rover onto the moon.
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August 19, 2007 – Backdropped by the Earth, the ISS is seen receding into the distance as the Shuttle Endeavour departs the orbital outpost.
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13 years ago today NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis lands for the final time (STS-135) July 21, 2011
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Earth and the Skylab space station, as seen from the departing Skylab 2 spacecraft, #OTD, June 22, 1973. (NASA)
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Happy 91th Birthday
to legendary Apollo Flight Director
(White Team) Gene Kranz (August 17, 1933).
Seen here during a May 30, 1965 simulation for Gemini IV in the new Mission Operations Control Room
#HappyBirthday Flight
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Doesn't matter how cool you think you are, you'll never be as cool as Neil Armstrong and David Scott after reentering Earth on their severely malfunctioning Gemini VIII spacecraft. March 17, 1966
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At 9:32 a.m. EDT, July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Florida, taking commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Michael Collins to land on the Moon.
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Rollout of the #Apollo11 Saturn V rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad..
May 20, 1969
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#Apollo11 astronauts (Neil Armstrong), " Day Launch ", Kennedy Space Center, July 16, 1969
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"To those people, tonight, we give a special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight, God bless you. Good night from #Apollo11."
Neil Armstrong, during their final TV broadcast of mission. July 23, 1969
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Silent memorial on the Moon. The astronauts of #Apollo15 left this plaque on the lunar surface, in memory of 14 fallen NASA astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts.
#NASARemembers #DayOfRemembrance #Honor.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, inside the Lunar Module during checkout and inspection after hatch opening.
July 20, 1969
#Apollo11
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July 22, 1969, 10:30pm ET - #Apollo11 astronauts inside their Command Module, on the way back to Earth.
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July 22, 1969, 10:30pm ET - #Apollo11 astronauts inside their Command Module, on the way back to Earth.
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July 20, 1969
Charlie Duke: [as Apollo 11 CapCom]
Roger, how does it look?
Neil Armstrong:
The Eagle has wings!
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On April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No 2 blows up on #Apollo13
26 seconds later the famous radio message was sent
87 hours later the crew made it safely home
The crisis that became @NASA's 'most successful failure'
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1/3 #Apollo15 almost came to ruin the second it touched down (july 30, 1971). #NASA had strict rules about how sharp an angle was safe for a LEM landing, and a 15-degree slope was the absolute maximum. Any steeper and liftoff could be compromised.
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Charlie Duke, Moonwalker #Apollo16: “We’ve been to the moon nine times. If we faked it, why did we fake it nine times?”
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Leaving the Moon,
Watching at Home
#APOLLO15 Lunar Liftoff
August 2, 1971
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"I know today when I came out many of you were expecting Tom Hanks,
but you're going to have to settle for little old me."
— Jim Lovell (1928-2025),
...at many of his public appearances after the movie "Apollo 13" was released.
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An interior view of the #Apollo11 Lunar Module LM showing displays and controls during checkout and inspection after hatch opening.
July 20, 1969
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