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Jul200920

Blake Helms

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“That’s One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind”

“That’s One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind”

Those imor­tal words were spo­ken by astro­naut Neil Arm­strong 40 years ago today. On July 20, 1969 the dream of man to walk on the face of another celes­tial body, a dream as old as the heav­ens them­selveswas finally ful­filed. The work of thou­sands of sci­en­tists, engi­neers, con­trac­tors and astro­nauts was brought together for this […]

Jul200917

Blake Helms

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Michael Collins: The Forgotten Member of Apollo 11

Michael Collins: The Forgotten Member of Apollo 11

Forty years ago this Mon­day, Neil Arm­strong and Buzz Aldrin took the first steps on the moon. Dur­ing all the cel­e­bra­tion around this his­toric event a key mem­ber of that crew is often for­got­ten, Major Gen­eral Michael Collins. Collins decided to join NASA after John Glenn’s his­toric flight. The thought of cir­cling high above the earth drove him […]

 

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