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RSS NASA STS-133 Mission Updates

  • VAB Preps Continue for Discovery
  • VAB Teams Prepare to Welcome Discovery
  • Discovery to be Placed on Transporter
  • Discovery Prepping for Transport Loading
  • Discovery Preps Focus on Landing Gear Tires
  • Tool Stowage Assembly Goes into Discovery Today
  • Discovery's Engines to be Configured Today
  • Discovery's Processing Goes Smoothly Ahead of Rollover
  • Leak Checks Today for Discovery
  • OMS Pod Leak Testing Today

‘ONE SMALL STEP’…

By Rick on 20 July 2009 at 9:57PM

At 10:56 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong descended the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module, becoming the first man to walk on the moon.

 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534129,00.html

Forty years ago this evening, a man walked on the moon for the first time, a moment that will stand for millennia as one of humanity's most remarkable achievements.

Category: Apollo, Manned Exploration, NASA, TISH, US | Leave a comment

Apollo Astronauts Bemoan State of U.S. Space Program

By Rick on 20 July 2009 at 9:54PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. investment in the Apollo space program, which landed men on the moon, paid off handsomely, unlike the $100 billion plowed into the International Space Station, Apollo's pioneering astronauts said on Monday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE56J4O020090720?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Category: Apollo, ISS, Manned Exploration, NASA, Space Politics, US | Leave a comment