Monthly Archives: July 2019

The trip to the Moon

Posted on 12 July 2019 by pws

Apollo 11 took off on July 16, 1969. The journey was a few times around the Earth, a quarter of a million miles to the Moon, landing and then back. Most of the mission had been done before, just not … Continue reading →

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1969

Posted on 10 July 2019 by pws

Since we are thinking bout the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, it’s worth reminding ourselves of some of the other major things that happened that year. 1969 was the year that The Beatles released their last studio album, … Continue reading →

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Apollo 11

Posted on 7 July 2019 by pws

We all remember the so-called Apollo 1 fire and the deaths of three astronauts. It seemed that that would kick NASA backwards so far as to possibly fail in its mission, but, as we know, it didn’t. Apollo 8 was … Continue reading →

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