apollo program

  1. Foo Fighter

    Jim Lovell. RIP.

    Just heard another starman has passed beyond the reach of mortal earth. Reaching for the stars in perpetuity. RIP, Sir.
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    • 20th century apollo 13 apollo 8 apollo program astronaut cold war congressional space medal of honor early 21st century jet age mcdonnell douglas mechanical engineer nasa naval aviation presidential medal of freedom project gemini space age space race test pilots united states united states navy
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  2. Arjen

    Ed Smylie obituary - engineer turned Apollo 13 hero

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/space/ed-smylie-dead.html More at the link.
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    • apollo 13 apollo program cold war history nasa space age space race united states
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    Weird and Interesting NY Times Article on the discovery of Willy Ley's Ashes

    This was unexpected. Probably also what the guy who found the can said. The article is not behind a paywall at the moment, but let me know if it becomes inaccessible. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/nyregion/willy-ley-rocket-ashes.html
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  4. The K2

    Astronaut Joe Engle passes away

    https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/pilot-astronaut-joe-engle Didn’t see anything on the evening news on TV about this. Sad.
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    • aerospace research test pilot school apollo program astronaut cold war nasa space age space race space shuttle space transportation system test pilots united states air force usaf test pilot school
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    William Anders dead; killed in plane crash; was 90

    News just came over the transom to me. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/bill-anders-apollo-8-astronaut-took-earthrise-photo-dies-plane-crash-w-rcna156149
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    • air force weapons laboratory apollo program cold war moon nasa nuclear power space age space race united states air force
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  6. Graham1973

    Lost Apollo - The LEM Optical Rendezvous System

    During the development of the Apollo Spacecraft, one key aspect of the mission was how to ensure the LEM and CSM met up at the end of the period of lunar exploration. Two systems started developing, Radar Rendezvous, which was the system picked. The other system was known as the Optical...
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  7. Graham1973

    The Apollo Guidance Computer's last stand, NASA's 1970s Fly By Wire Program

    I stumbled across a video covering the final use of the Apollo Guidance Computer by NASA, the 'proof of concept' program that led to the successful development of fly-by-wire control systems for aircraft. Definitely worth watching as this was one of the unsung parts of NASA history. View...
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  8. Graham1973

    Virtual AGC Project

    The home page of a project that has done great work in gathering together surviving documentation around the Apollo Guidance Computer in a (Successful) attempt to create virtual machine versions of the computers. Some of the people involved in this project were also involved with the Apollo AGC...
  9. uk 75

    Moon 1970s

    As the US looks to go back to the Moon with Artemis my question here is, what might have been feasible in the 1970s to keep the US sending manned expeditions to the Moon? Clearly, the main obstacle was a political one. With no Soviet manned lunar programme once the US had got to the Moon first...
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    • 1970s apollo applications program apollo program apollo x cold war heavy lift vehicle lunar moon moonbase nasa space age space race space station united states
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  10. Flyaway

    Apollo 17 50th Anniversary

    New video from NASA to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the mission. View: https://youtu.be/XhvliTtzQXY
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    • 1972 apollo program cold war early 1970s moon nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. Graham1973

    Recreating Apollo Communications in the Lab

    The team that revived an Apollo AGC is now attempting the same feat with Apollo communications equipment... Parts 1 - 5 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49ucdZcx9s View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laYpGB1pWAc View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8gND82t6G4 View...
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    1963 Apollo

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    1962 lunar lander

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    NASA and Apollo items coming to auction

    https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/pe4kdrb9ct?size=50&page=1&categories=&searchWithAll=nasa&utm_source=housecampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=targetedexclusive&utm_content=li1c6qbcao~071621~puckett&inv_houseref=li1c6qbcao&inv_senddate=071621
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    Mike Collins has passed away... :(

    As said in the tin. Now Buzz Aldrin is all alone as the last Apollo 11 crew still standing. The way things go, no Apollo crew veteran will be left by 2024 to see a tentative return to the Moon...
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  16. uk 75

    Apollo Lunar Programme continued

    In an alternate world where the USA avoided the trauma of Vietnam and LBJ won a second term the Apollo moon and earth orbit programmes continued into the 70s as originally planned. Assuming that a similarly pro Apollo President had succeeded Johnson in 1973 and the US economy continued to...
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    1963 Grumman LEM

  18. Flyaway

    Apollo 13 Thread

    New NASA video - Apollo 13: Home Safe:
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. Grey Havoc

    Non-carrier uses of Essex class carriers in their later years

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    • 27a apollo program cold war cvs drachinifel great carrier reef landing platform helicopter lph post-cold war spacecraft recovery vessel united states navy
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  20. Grey Havoc

    Apollo 13 Anniversary

    https://www.space.com/apollo-13-real-time-website.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston,_we_have_a_problem
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    • 1970 2001 apollo 13 apollo program aquarius cold war csm-109 disaster recovery houston we have a problem lm-7 nasa odyssey sa-508 space age space race successful failure united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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