Armstrong
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@ArmstrongDocu
Dramatic, moving and deeply human, ARMSTRONG offers the definitive portrait of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in Ohio to the Moon, and beyond.
SPACEWOMAN tells the story of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot & command a space shuttle. Buy tickets for its premiere at @DOCNYCfest at the link below. Screenings are on the 16 & 18 of November. Online tickets also available! docnyc.net/film/spacewoma…
The farthest humans have travelled from Earth since the Apollo program over 50 years ago, and on a private spaceflight! The #PolarisDawn's Dragon capsule orbits our planet at 1,400 km, roughly three times higher than the space station.
Hugely, hugely sad news about the passing of Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8, the first human mission to the Moon. We worked with him several times & he was direct, clever, grounded & very, very funny. Here he is, talking about his friend Neil Armstrong. Blue skies, sir.
A very Happy 90th Birthday to Gene Kranz, legendary NASA Flight Director, who was the centre of many key moments of the Apollo program.🌎🚀🌖🇺🇸🎂 We've had the extraordinary pleasure & privilege of interviewing Gene for multiple films. A true American icon. Best wishes, Sir.
#OTD 50 years ago NASA launched #Skylab: America's first space station. It was the final launch for the mighty Saturn V - the launch vehicle that carried 24 Apollo astronauts to the #Moon over the preceding five years.
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#OTD in 1968, Astronaut Neil Armstrong takes the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle 1 (LLRV-1) for a training flight and is forced to eject right before it crashes in a fiery blaze! More about this hair-raising episode 55 years ago today: go.nasa.gov/3LWJHCr
53 years ago, in the aftermath of the explosion that crippled Apollo 13, Glynn Lunney began his shift at as Flight Director. "We built a quarter-million mile space highway, paved by one decision, one choice, and one innovation at a time... to bring the crew safely home." #NASA
