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Tag Archives: NASA
45 Years ago: A Giant Leap for Mankind!
From the annals of American space exploration! In what was at the time one of the highest achievements of American engineering and technology, forty-five years ago, on 16 July 1969 the APOLLO 11 mission lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The … Continue reading
5 May 2012: How close was the Moon?
The Moon, our Earth’s only natural satellite, orbits our planet in an elliptical path ranging in distance from 405,000 kilometers at its farthest point [apogee] to 363,000 kilometers, in round numbers, at its closet [perigee]. When a full Moon takes … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo Program, Astronauts, Earth, Laser light, Moon, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Retro-reflecvtor array, Super-Moon of 5 May 2012, Telescope
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