Our beautiful Moon, observed from lunar orbit during the Apollo 12 mission, November 1969. (NASA/ASU)
The Project Apollo Archive is NASA fan Kipp Teague’s collection of previously unavailable pictures of NASA’s space history, from pre-Apollo program to present. We’ve paired some of them with buried quotes from the mission transcripts that show the grainy, gritty, and funny side of space exploration.
Pretty neat!
From the series: Black and White Photograph Files, compiled 1965 - 1991. Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903 - 2006
Preparing to go to the Moon…Just Another Day at the Office
A little bit of history for this morning!
November 14, 1969 – Apollo 12 launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, hurtling astronauts Dick Gordon, Alan Bean, and Pete Conrad into space on a 10-day odyssey to the Moon and back.
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November 20, 1969 – Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad looks at the unmanned Surveyor 3 lunar probe during his second spacewalk on the surface of the Moon. In the background is the lunar module Intrepid. (NASA)
November 14, 1969 – Inside Kennedy Space Center’s firing room 2 minutes 54 seconds after the launch of Apollo 12. (NASA)
Five storied female NASA pioneers will soon grace toy-store shelves, in Lego form.
The Danish company announced on Tuesday that it would produce the Women of NASA set, submitted by science writer Maia Weinstock.
“Women have played critical roles throughout the history of the U.S. space program,” Weinstock wrote in her project proposal. “Yet in many cases, their contributions are unknown or under-appreciated – especially as women have historically struggled to gain acceptance in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.”
She said the set is meant to shed light on the rich history of women in STEM professions.
Photos: Maia Weinstock
TODAY IN HISTORY: Jupiter and its moon Ganymede, observed by the Voyager 1 space probe on January 24, 1979. (NASA)
November 19, 1969 – Here we have Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad taking a picture of Alan Bean taking a picture of the lunar module’s footpad.
(NASA)
September 8, 1969 – Atop the slow-moving crawler-transporter, the Apollo 12 rocket inches its way from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad at Launch Complex 39 at Cape Canaveral. (NASA)
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