
IrishRocketLadeen
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IrishRocketLadeen
@irishrocketlad
These are things I like & interested in: Rockets & Space, Science, Carl Sagan, Web Design, Member of Planetary Society & SETI 🇮🇪









On a roll While Apollo 9 was still in orbit OTD in 1969, the 363-foot-tall Apollo 10 space vehicle rolled out to the launchpad at @NASAKennedy in preparation for its May 18, 1969, launch.









On this day in 1972, NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt lifted off from the surface of the Moon onboard Apollo lunar module Challenger's ascent stage, docking to Apollo command and service module America, piloted by Ronald Evans, approximately two hours later. No humans have visited the Moon since then, 52 years ago. The Apollo 17 Command Module is on display at Space Center Houston. The video was taken using a camera on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), and was remotely controlled from Earth.













