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Apollo Astronauts Left American Flags, Boots and Even Poop on the Moon. Here's Why These Artifacts Matter
On Apollo 14, astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls ... Armstrong and Aldrin laid down an Apollo 1 mission patch on the ...
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?
Apollo 14 (1971) saw America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard, as the commander with Ed Mitchell as lunar module pilot. Shepard, famously stern and severe, returned home from his visit to the Fra ...
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Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas
"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...
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What brand of golf ball did Alan Shepard hit off the moon? The world may never know
Villagomez was gifted the ball by Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to fly into space ... second of two moonwalks on NASA's 1971 Apollo 14 mission, Shepard took a swing at a couple ...