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The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final ...
A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface ...
Windows: If you want to have an even more exciting Apollo 11 week, it’s easy to try out beautiful simulations of different Apollo missions on your PC—for free. All you need is the open-source ...
Apollo 11 took off for the moon this week in 1969. To prepare the astronauts, Nasa put them through gruelling, relentless simulations – and BBC Tomorrow's World paid a visit.
A new video simulation reveals the ultimate fate of NASA's Apollo 13 flight had it been unable to return to Earth safely.
The Apollo program changed forever on Jan. 27, 1967, when a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch rehearsal test. Despite the best efforts of the ground crew, the ...
KPRC’s Space Reporter Rose-Ann Aragon spoke with the former Apollo Flight Simulator Instructor, Frank Hughes. He shares his experiences from 1969 and he is continuing to inspire future ...
The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) uncrewed space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 22, 1968. The Apollo lunar module's first flight ...
To make the new simulation as faithful as possible, Wright also used the Apollo 8 flight plan, the onboard recording of the astronauts' voices, data on the optical properties and mounting of the ...
Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator based on NASAs space programs; from the first American human spaceflight in Project Mercury, the rendezvous and EVAs of Project Gemini to the Moon ...
Walter “Walt” Cunningham, a retired NASA astronaut and pilot of the first crewed flight in the space agency’s famed Apollo program, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 90, NASA said.