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That’s because the suit itself represents such a giant leap in engineering and design. “The Apollo suit for the very first time had to be a suit in which you could literally walk around, bend over, do ...
collectSPACE spoke with April Stafford, chief of the Mint's Office of Design Management, to learn more details about the 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Design Competition.
Lee Langston, a Pratt & Whitney engineer who helped design the fuel cells that powered Apollo 11 to the moon and the return trip to Earth, took no chances as he prepared to watch the historic ...
The Apollo 11 mission is one of the most iconic moments in human history, but did you know there’s a lesser-known story behind it? This episode of The Space Journal uncovers an intriguing aspect of ...
Or you can just relive Apollo 11 with the help of enormous overhead screens, which will show footage of the launch and the landing. Saturday from 9 a.m.- 11 p.m. ; aldrinfoundation.org . Cradle of ...
"Found another design fiction in the form of an Apollo 11 Owners’ Workshop Manual, published by the folks at Haynes. I remember having Haynes service manuals for the two service-it-yourself ...
Today marks 50-years since mankind touched down on the moon. An achievement widely known as, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But here in Acadiana, a local man remembers ...
A skintight design may change that. The iconic, ... used by American astronauts hasn't changed drastically from the ones used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11.
The director Todd Douglas Miller discusses his documentary about the Apollo 11 moon landing. “My name’s Todd Douglas Miller. I’m the director of “Apollo 11.” So this is a very important ...