IMAGE GALLERY
Images of the stellar moments of the first moon landing.DID YOU KNOW…?
What a great step!Thefirst footprintleft on the moon belongs to a boot of the41, which is the size Neil Armstrong wore.
CHRONOLOGY
TheApollo 11reached the Moon in 1969, eleven years after the founding of theNASAand four years after the first spacewalk. [+]
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VIDEO: Placing the flag
This is how astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong placed theflagAmerican during his walk through theSea of Tranquilityof the moon. The images are taken from a video camera of theLunar ModuleEagle .
[Watch video]BIOGRAPHY: Neil Armstrong
Since returning to Earth, the goal of the first man to walk on the Moon has been to try to regain lost anonymity. [+]
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An orchard on the Moon?The companyParagon Space Development Corporationhas developed a device that will allow the cultivation of flowers and vegetables on the Moon. [+]
Lunar topographyThe far side of the Moon has no secrets for astronomers anymore. Thanks to the Japanese probe SELENE (Kayuga) the most complete topographic map of our satellite has been made. [+]
2020: the return of man to the Moon
NASA’s future is called a programConstellation and has a triple objective: to develop the next generation of shuttles, capsules and spacesuits, to colonize in2020theMonthto do science, exploit its resources and learn to survive on another planet; and the finishing touch: send crews to Mars. [+]QUOTES: Words from the protagonists of Apollo 11
? Apollo was like building Chartres Cathedral: a project that brought many people together.? Neil Armstrong [+]
HEMEROTECA: By the light of the Earth
Notes for a possiblemoon vacation program, forIsaac asimov.ON THE FRONT PAGE
