OTD in space – March 28: Last test flight of NASA's Saturn 1 rocket booster

On March 28, 1963 NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This uncrewed suborbital flight ...
Astronomy

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot, dies at 90

Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronaut dubbed “the loneliest man in history” for his role piloting the orbiting command module during the first Moon-landing Apollo mission, died on April 28 at the ...
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Supercon 2023: Restoring The Apollo Guidance Computer

Humans first visited the Moon in 1969. The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the Apollo program made their journeys in spacecraft that relied on remarkably basic ...
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Command Module, Apollo 6

Click to open image viewer. The unmanned Apollo 6 Command Module (CM 020) was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1968 and recovered in the Pacific Ocean 10 hours later. The mission was the ...