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I saw the movie #Apollo13 with #LunarModule Program Director #JoeGavin. Now it’s time to tell the forgotten story—which that film doesn’t show—of how he & his #Grumman #Team helped rescue the astronauts with a #LMLifeboat while the world watched: andrewerickson.com/2020/04/apollo… #Apollo50
Five decades ago, during the aborted #Apollo13 mission of April 1970, #Grumman Aerospace Corporation’s #LunarModule saved 3 astronauts by becoming a lifeboat-tugboat. Throughout the crisis, #LM Program Director #JoeGavin manned his post @NASA’s #MissionControl Center in #Houston. 
Gavin led a multi-hundred-person team in Houston & Bethpage, NY to help coordinate assessment & use of the #LM’s capabilities for emergency #LunarLifeboat role.
Gavin, virtually all of his colleagues + contemporaries & #Grumman itself have subsequently departed from the scene.
Gavin, virtually all of his colleagues + contemporaries & #Grumman itself have subsequently departed from the scene.
El 19 de noviembre de 1969, la misión Apolo 12 llega a la Luna para que dos de sus tres tripulantes pisen su superficie en el Oceanus Procellarum. Su historia tiene un poco de todo. ¡Despegamos! #WH_espacio #Apollo50th
La cosa empezó un poco regulinchi... El Apolo 12 sale desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy, durante una tormenta.
Por primera vez, entre el público asistente en un lanzamiento de cohete asiste el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Richard Nixon.
It’s #WorldSpaceWeek! @CityClassroom & 60 young people at #FolvilleJunior & @CatherineJunio5 in Leicester have been exploring @spacecentre. Here's the amazing #poem they wrote w/ @SpozPoet inspired by Space & Truth. Artwork: @Wickedlander #WSW2019 #NationalPoetryDay THREAD: 1/30
Happy #Apollo50th!
On July 20, 1969, humans walked on another world for the first time in history. In case you weren’t around for the Moon landing, here’s a visual summary of the #Apollo11 mission from Earth to the Moon and back.
On July 20, 1969, humans walked on another world for the first time in history. In case you weren’t around for the Moon landing, here’s a visual summary of the #Apollo11 mission from Earth to the Moon and back.
#Apollo11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida aboard a Saturn V rocket, beginning a three-day voyage to the Moon.
The Apollo command and service module docked with the lunar module and was inserted into lunar orbit.
[TREAD] Hier soir, la NASA a dévoilé le logo de sa nouvelle mission vers la Lune, #Artemis. Elle a aussi expliqué les choix derrières le graphisme. On va voir qu'ils sont super pertinents, et que vous aurez de quoi crâner en soirée ⬇️ 1/6
D'abord, Artémis est la déesse grecque de la chasse, sœur jumelle d'Apollon (Apollo en anglais, vous l'avez ?) Le A représente une de ses pointe de flèche et un lancement de fusée. 2/6
La Lune se trouve au sommet du A, mais légèrement décalée : elle n'est pas la destination finale d'Artemis, mais une étape vers plus loin, en l'occurence Mars (sur cet autre visuel, visible en arrière-plan). 3/6
Today is the 50th anniversary of #Apollo11 landing on the moon! To celebrate this feat of engineering, ASME has put together articles about everything from the lunar module's engineers to the best movies movies about the moon. Here we go! #Apollo50ASME #Apollo50 #Apollo50th
"When I was there working on it, it was more like, 'We've got a job to do, we’re engineers, we can get the job done.'"
The engineers who built the lunar module look back: bit.ly/2Z1Vl40
#Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
The engineers who built the lunar module look back: bit.ly/2Z1Vl40
#Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
Hear from those engineers in the own words in the latest episode of the ASME TechCast. Listen now: bit.ly/2LxaFma
#Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
#Apollo11 #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Apollo50ASME
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the moment the moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface 🚀🌕 u.afp.com/JhAE #Apollo50th
From the Soviet Union's pioneering satellite to the first man on the Moon 50 years ago, here are 10 key dates in space exploration 🚀🌕 u.afp.com/Jn6L
#Apollo50th
#Apollo50th
The first four days of Apollo 11's journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before landing, the atmosphere grew tense as the crew encountered a series of problems u.afp.com/Jnwr by @ivancouronne
#Apollo50th
#Apollo50th
1- Los 50 años del viaje del #Apolo11 a la Luna.
La visita de Armstrong, Aldrin y Collins a la Ciudad de México el 29 de septiembre de 1969.
#Apollo50th #ApolloXI #Apollo50 #Apollo11 #CDMX #Mexico #MexicoCity
(Foto mía de la luna roja durante el eclipse del 20/01/2019)
La visita de Armstrong, Aldrin y Collins a la Ciudad de México el 29 de septiembre de 1969.
#Apollo50th #ApolloXI #Apollo50 #Apollo11 #CDMX #Mexico #MexicoCity
(Foto mía de la luna roja durante el eclipse del 20/01/2019)
2- El 20 de julio de 1969 la tripulación del Apolo XI descendió en la superficie de la Luna.
(Izq: Photo credit: NASA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apol…)
(Der: Photo credit: NASA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aldr…...)
(Izq: Photo credit: NASA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apol…)
(Der: Photo credit: NASA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aldr…...)
3- Una vez realizada esa hazaña, el gobierno de Richard Nixon se dedicó a cacarear el huevo. Eran los años de la Guerra Fría y los EEUU querían presumir su victoria sobre la Unión Soviética en la carrera a la Luna.
Jack Weir / Wikimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Land…...
Jack Weir / Wikimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Land…...
This weekend is the 50th anniversary of the #Apollo11 moon landing and, of course, there are N.J. connections. Here we go ... 1/7
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin grew up in Montclair, N.J. Reporter @karen_yi tells the story of a hometown hero: nj-ne.ws/1mDlp61 2/7
It was the 8th inning of a tie game at Yankee Stadium when legendary announcer Bob Sheppard told the crowd Apollo 11 had landed. Columnist @StevePoliti revisits that moment: nj-ne.ws/GM4Yy72
Where were you? #Apollo50th 3/7
Where were you? #Apollo50th 3/7
La llegada a la Luna es uno de los hechos que revolucionaron la Historia de nuestro planeta. Una revolución que recién empieza. Todos, incluso los que nacimos en estos 50 años posteriores somos contemporáneos a la emoción que despertó ese viaje. #Apollo50th
La sola noción de que los humanos hayamos podido salir del planeta, atravesar el espacio y llegar a esa luna colgante, brillante y misteriosa nos emociona y electriza. Nos atrapa como un llamado a ser mejores, determinados e intrépidos.
Para la misión que llevó a la humanidad a la Luna hubo una decisión que lo cambió todo. JKF lo anunció siete años antes, en un discurso inigualable, por lo delirante y resuelto, por lo arriesgado y, tal vez absurdo. Por convocar a soñar.
THREAD: In honour of #Apollo50th, a look at how the #Moon landing was reported in the USSR and elsewhere
On Radio Moscow's home service, Vladimir Tregubov saluted the astronauts and the Soviet pioneers of space exploration. #Apollo50
In Pravda newspaper, a writer identified as Vinogradov personally congratulated the astronauts on their mission
#Hace50Años, el 20 de julio de 1969, EE. UU. ponía punto y final a la carrera espacial contra la URSS al conseguir llevar a dos seres humanos a la superficie de la Luna. ¿Cómo lo hicieron? ABRIMOS HILO 👇🏻 #Apollo50th
lamismahistoria.es/apolo-11/
lamismahistoria.es/apolo-11/
«Elegimos ir a la Luna. Elegimos ir a la Luna en esta década y hacer las demás cosas, no porque sean fáciles, sino porque son difíciles.»
John F. Kennedy (12/09/1962)
John F. Kennedy (12/09/1962)
16 de julio de 1969, plataforma 39 A del centro espacial John F. Kennedy (Cabo Cañaveral , Florida).
La nave Apolo 11, compuesta de un módulo de mando (el Columbia), un módulo de servicio y el módulo lunar (Eagle), se prepara para salir de nuestra atmósfera.
La nave Apolo 11, compuesta de un módulo de mando (el Columbia), un módulo de servicio y el módulo lunar (Eagle), se prepara para salir de nuestra atmósfera.
THREAD. In honor of the #Apollo50th anniversary of the moon landing, here is a thread of #physics posts related to space travel. @nasa @esaoperations @ESA_History
1/ I will start with my #physics #estimation - what would be like to ride a bike to the moon? How long would it take? How many sandwiches would you need to eat? More homework included.
wired.com/story/how-long…
wired.com/story/how-long…
2/ Video analysis of the lunar lander launching off the surface of the moon.
wired.com/story/the-phys…
wired.com/story/the-phys…
The great thing about the #Apollo50th is that there have been hundreds of beautiful articles from dozens of authors and outlets. Heck, I even wrote a couple of them.
I don’t know which of them has been the best, but I think this bad hot take from the times is the worst.
I don’t know which of them has been the best, but I think this bad hot take from the times is the worst.
There are multiple reasons why offering praise to the Soviet space program on the eve of the #Apollo50th is in very poor taste, but one of the biggest is that they literally only did these milestones for propaganda purposes.
After early milestones like Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, bits of tokenism like these were the only achievements the Soviet space program could reasonably achieve before us - they knew once NASA got going, the Americans would beat them to anything that mattered, including the moon.
#LlegadaalaLuna #Apollo50th #Apollo50
25.000 millones $
400.000 personas
384.480 km distancia
600 millones espectadores
3 astronautas
Para muchos, el acontecimiento + importante de la historia.
Fuimos a explorar la Luna y descubrimos la Tierra!
Abro Hilo: Misión #Apollo11
25.000 millones $
400.000 personas
384.480 km distancia
600 millones espectadores
3 astronautas
Para muchos, el acontecimiento + importante de la historia.
Fuimos a explorar la Luna y descubrimos la Tierra!
Abro Hilo: Misión #Apollo11
Diámetro Mercurio: 4.879 km
Venus 12.104 km
Marte 6.779 km
Júpiter 139.820 km
Saturno 120.536 km
Urano 51.118 km
Neptuno 49.244 km
La suma de los diámetros del resto de planetas del Sistema Solar son 384.480 km, justo la distancia existente entre la Tierra y la Luna. Existen
Venus 12.104 km
Marte 6.779 km
Júpiter 139.820 km
Saturno 120.536 km
Urano 51.118 km
Neptuno 49.244 km
La suma de los diámetros del resto de planetas del Sistema Solar son 384.480 km, justo la distancia existente entre la Tierra y la Luna. Existen
coincidencias cósmicas tan improbables q nos resultan realmente mágicas y perturbadoras. El psiquiatra suizo Carl Gustav Jung lo llamaba sincronicidad, uno de los aspectos + enigmáticos y sorprendentes de nuestro universo. Jung llegó a la conclusión q existe una íntima conexión
50 years ago today, the United States accomplished something HUGE that just 7 years prior was only a vision laid out in a speech by President John F. Kennedy *at a time when the technology to get to the Moon didn't even exist yet!*
That didn't stop us! #Apollo50th
That didn't stop us! #Apollo50th
With fearlessness, we pressed through the challenge & marshaled the courage, brainpower, & resources to get the job done.
Thank you to the folks at @NASA & @NASA_Johnson for the amazing work you do each & every day. Shout-out to all of you that live in #TX10!
#Apollo50th
Thank you to the folks at @NASA & @NASA_Johnson for the amazing work you do each & every day. Shout-out to all of you that live in #TX10!
#Apollo50th
@NASA @NASA_Johnson As we stand on the shoulders of giants like Armstrong, Aldrin, & Collins, we must recognize the work of @NASAClimate as we boldly take on the #ClimateCrisis; the greatest challenge we currently face as a species.
We must take #OneGiantLeap for a #GreenNewDeal! #Apollo50th
We must take #OneGiantLeap for a #GreenNewDeal! #Apollo50th
Let's look at Tin Tin on the Moon in celebration of #Apollo50 #Apollo11 actually achieving this.
Originally serialized in the early 1950s, Herge did extensive research into what space flight might be like.
Join young reporter Tin Tin, and Captain Haddock in
Destination Moon
Originally serialized in the early 1950s, Herge did extensive research into what space flight might be like.
Join young reporter Tin Tin, and Captain Haddock in
Destination Moon
First off, Captain Haddock receives a telegram from Professor Calculus.
A 'telegram' was kind of like an Instant Message back then, but not so instant.
A 'telegram' was kind of like an Instant Message back then, but not so instant.
Any SpongeBob SquarePants fans out there
I love these jokes "We're Leaving at Once"
Two Days later...
It reminds me of "Gilligan Cuts" where someone says "I won't, I won't, I won't" and then it cuts to them doing exactly that.
Off to Syldavia!
I love these jokes "We're Leaving at Once"
Two Days later...
It reminds me of "Gilligan Cuts" where someone says "I won't, I won't, I won't" and then it cuts to them doing exactly that.
Off to Syldavia!
Welcome to our "live feed" of the #Apollo11 mission as it prepares to launch...to the Moon. #Apollo50th
09:32 #Apollo11 has taken off from Launch Pad 39A at Cape Kennedy, Florida #Apollo50th
Each born in 1930 and weighing 165 pounds, the three astronauts inside are Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr. #Apollo50th
This week is the 50th anniversary of the #Apollo11 #LunarLanding - 1 giant leap for mankind that helped us understand the #Moon and also gave us a better understanding of #Earth. We are posting some neat facts about the Moon this week!
#Apollo50th
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #geology
#Apollo50th
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #geology
So this thread was going to be about the launch by @isro of #Chandrayaan2 - India's 🇮🇳 second lunar mission. The unmanned mission was scheduled to launch on 14 July and land on the moon’s surface in early September... newscientist.com/article/220954…
…but the #Chandrayaan2 mission was put on hold at the last minute due to “a technical snag”, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation, @ISRO …
Leaving a lot of people disappointed 😞
Bonne nouvelle ! Les inscriptions au #Concours de #Nouvelles des @AmisCiteEspace sont prolongées jusqu'au 31 juillet. Envie d'écrire ? Faites le premier pas, c'est le bon moment... amis-cite-espace.org/nouvelles_2019… #Apollo11 #Apollo50th #espace #livre #auteur
50 ans après les premiers pas de Neil Armstrong sur la Lune, imaginer une autre histoire ? C'est le thème de notre #Concours de #Nouvelles 2019. #sciencefiction, #poesie, #polar, #science... Tout est possible. Le réglement : amis-cite-espace.org/nouvelles_2019…
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Bueno, #wikihilers, vamos a ver si hacemos el mejor hilo sobre el #Apollo50th: durante julio, 1 like = 1 curiosidad/dato sobre el programa Apolo que nos llevó a la Luna (... y ya veremos si algo de los soviéticos en la carrera espacial). #WH_apolo #WH_espacio
1- Hubo doce misiones tripuladas en el programa Apolo. (1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 y 17)
2- La Apolo 17 fue la última, porque las misiones 18, 19 y 20 fueron canceladas.
Stumbled on this picture of my dad taking my sister and me up the steps to the Apollo Lunar Module at @ExploreSpaceKSC back around the time of the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. #Apollo11 #Apollo50th
2/ And also this picture of my mom and me (and a family friend) watching the #Apollo11 launch. (The border says Sep 69 because that was when the film was processed, not when the picture was taken.) How do you like my penny loafers? 😅 #Apollo50th
3/ At Family Open House day a fire truck at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station sprayed firefighting foam and they let the kids play in it. I doubt that would be permitted nowadays 😅 That’s me smiling at the camera. Space fans will recognize the CCAFS hangars in back.
