The Lunar Foundation, in conjunction with the Lunar Republic Society, has announced that a crater near the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon has been named in honor of fabled CBS Evening News anchor and space enthusiast Walter Cronkite.
The crater, previously designated as Sabine C, is located in the southern Sea of Tranquility. It is adjacent to craters previously named for the Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
Details and more from Media:Luna...
Showing posts with label apollo 11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apollo 11. Show all posts
Saturday, September 19
Monday, July 13
UTD Scientists Vital To Manned Lunar Mission
From the Dallas Morning News:
Forty years ago this month, the whole world was focused on the first manned lunar landing. But a group of scientists at the just-created University of Texas at Dallas was paying particular attention.
The fledgling school, created by the Texas Legislature earlier that year, was a home to teams of space researchers. ... The men were among thousands of people tied to Apollo through an ambitious set of goals: to send people to the moon, to bring them back safely and to better understand Earth's closest neighbor.
Read the complete story...
Forty years ago this month, the whole world was focused on the first manned lunar landing. But a group of scientists at the just-created University of Texas at Dallas was paying particular attention.
The fledgling school, created by the Texas Legislature earlier that year, was a home to teams of space researchers. ... The men were among thousands of people tied to Apollo through an ambitious set of goals: to send people to the moon, to bring them back safely and to better understand Earth's closest neighbor.
Read the complete story...
Sunday, July 12
Website Brings Apollo 11 Journey To Life
From the Associated Press:
Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
Now, they'll be able to watch the Apollo 11 mission recreated in real time on the Web, follow Twitter feeds of transmissions between Mission Control and the spacecraft, and even get an e-mail alert when the lunar module touches down.
Those features are part of a new Web site from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum commemorating the moon mission and Kennedy's push to land Americans there first.
Read the full story...
Link: WeChooseTheMoon.org
Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
Now, they'll be able to watch the Apollo 11 mission recreated in real time on the Web, follow Twitter feeds of transmissions between Mission Control and the spacecraft, and even get an e-mail alert when the lunar module touches down.
Those features are part of a new Web site from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum commemorating the moon mission and Kennedy's push to land Americans there first.
Read the full story...
Link: WeChooseTheMoon.org
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