The birth of NASA and the space race
Project Apollo and the giant leap
The space shuttle era and orbital labs
Robotic pioneers and the search for life
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artiteacher Project Apollo
Still shooting lasers at the mirrors they left on the Moon!
artiteacher A pioneering software engineer wrote the onboard flight code that prevented an Apollo 11 system crash.
artiteacher Tracking stations around the world were vital to keeping Apollo 11 connected with Earth.
artiteacher Sort the Apollo mission stages to master the steps of NASA's historic Moon landing.
Rocket power: The Saturn V rocket consumed over 15 tons of fuel per second during launch, enough to empty an Olympic-sized pool in five minutes.
An act of walking on the surface of the moon. Neil Armstrong took the first historic steps during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969.
Who led the MIT team that developed the vital onboard software for the Apollo missions?
How many astronauts successfully walked on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo program?
Which Apollo mission was famously called a 'successful failure' after surviving an oxygen tank explosion?
What part of the Apollo spacecraft was used as a temporary 'lifeboat' by the Apollo 13 crew?
Which country's tracking stations received and broadcasted the first clear TV images of the Apollo 11 moonwalk?