Counting Down to Apollo

One American's account of watching humanity reach the Moon

Tag: lunar-surface

They Were RIGHT THERE
Apollo 10 May 22, 1969

They Were RIGHT THERE

Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan flew the Lunar Module down to 47,000 feet above the Moon today. Eight-point-four nautical miles. They could see the craters. They could see where Apollo 11 will land. They were RIGHT THERE. And then they flew back up. I respect the mission plan. I am…
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Surveyor Lands on the Moon
Technology June 3, 1966

Surveyor Lands on the Moon

The United States landed a spacecraft on the Moon today. Unmanned, but on the Moon. Softly, without crashing. The first successful American soft landing on the lunar surface.
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