The first manned mission to the moon ... Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad.
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One returned two amber glass cigar ashtrays used during the mission – preferred by the chain-smoking Apollo 11 Mission Control team as the smaller, square cigarette ashtrays filled too quickly – from ...
Astronauts get all the glory, but true STEM geeks know the people at mission control are superstars, too. Don’t believe us? Take a tour of the Apollo Mission Control Center. In 1985, the room ...
extended his thanks on an autographed photo for McClelland's "help on the Apollo XI mission & emblem." Both Armstrong's and Collins' signed photos, together with a third inscribed "with many ...