Space Project Apollo

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On 21 December 1968, Apollo 8 was launched with Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. as Command Module Pilot. During the mission Lovell was one of the first two people to see the far side of the moon. The mission lasted 6 days and 3 hours, and included 10 moon orbits. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Yorktown (CVS-10).

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On 20 July 1969, former Navy pilot Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. While taking the first step, he said, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong was Commander of Apollo 11, which during its 8 day mission landed on the Sea of Tranquility. Michael Collins was the Command Module Pilot and Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin Jr., was the Lunar Module Pilot. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Hornet (CVS-12).

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[droopy]

Thanks for the pics, quick question, what type is the car in the foreground with the NY-50(?) plates ?

 

[BravoZulu]

@droopy , took a while but I think it's a 1956 Chrysler Imperial

1956 Imperial Southampton Two-Door Hardtop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)

 

[bdpopeye]

@droopy , took a while but I think it's a 1956 Chrysler Imperial

1956 Imperial Southampton Two-Door Hardtop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)

It is an Imperial. The Chrysler of that year looked very similar. The Imperial can be distinguished by the round gunsight tail light.

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Apollo 13 was launched on April 11, 1970. The crew consisted of Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., USN, commanded the mission, John L."Jack" Swigert Jr, was the Command Module Pilot , and former Naval Aviator Fred W. Haise, Jr., was the Lunar Module Pilot. While 200,000 miles from Earth there was an explosion on board, forcing Apollo 13 to circle the moon without landing. Mission duration was 5 days, 22 hours, and 54 minutes. Recovery was by helicopters from USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2).

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On 5 February 1971, Capt Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Apollo 14 Commander, and Cdr Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot became the 5th and 6th human to walk on the Moon. During the 9 day mission, 94 lbs of lunar material was collected and Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. Recovery was by helicopter from USS New Orleans (LPH-11).

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[TIGREDELAIRE]

my scout brothers, Jim Lovell and Neil Armstrong

 

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On 18 May 1969, Apollo 10 was launched. The mission was a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing. Colonel Thomas P. Stafford, USAF, was the Commander of the mission. Commander John W. Young, USN, was the Command Module Pilot and Commander Eugene A. Cernan, USN, was the Lunar Module Pilot. During the eight-day mission, the craft made 31 lunar orbits in 61.6 hours. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Princeton (LPH-5).

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On 19 November 1969, Navy astronauts Commander Charles Conrad Jr. and Commander Alan L. Bean became the 3rd and 4th men to walk on the moon as part of Apollo 12 mission. Commander Richard F. Gordon, Jr., the Command Module Pilot, remained in lunar orbit. The mission lasted 19 days, 4 hours, and 36 minutes, and the astronauts recovered 243 lbs of lunar material. Recovery by HS-4 helicopters from USS Hornet (CVS-12).

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[BravoZulu]

Astronaut and Moonwalker Alan Bean, a Former Navy Pilot, Dies at 86
Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86.

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon during two moonwalks, deploying surface experiments with commander Charles Conrad and collecting 75 pounds (34 kilograms) of rocks and lunar soil for study back on Earth, according to a statement from NASA and Bean's family that announced his death.

Bean died Saturday in Houston, Texas, following a short illness, the statement said.

"As all great explorers are, Alan was a boundary pusher," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement that credited Bean with being part of 11 world records in the areas of space and aeronautics. "We will remember him fondly as the great explorer who reached out to embrace the universe."

With Bean's passing, only four of 12 Apollo moonwalkers are still alive — Buzz Aldrin, Dave Scott, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.

More:https://www.military.com/daily-news...r-navy-pilot-dies-86.html?ESRC=navy_180529.nl

In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas

 

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Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell (left to right) outside a spacecraft simulator a month before flight. Borman and Lovell, then age 40, had flown in space before. Anders, then 35, was a rookie. Credit: NASA

On this date in 1968 Apollo eight orbited the moon. I saw this on Tv.I was 15 years old. Please listen!

The first manned space flight to orbit the moon launched from Earth Dec. 21, 1968. The crew sent this telecast from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, reading the first 10 verses of the book of Genesis.

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[BravoZulu]

USN Sea King in the recovery of the Apollo command module in the central Pacific Ocean after Apollo-Soyuz Test Project end, July 24, 1975