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Today in Aviation History: Apollo 7 Launches NASA's First Crewed Apollo Mission

On this day in aviation and space history, 57 years ago (October 10, 1968), NASA launched Apollo 7-the first successful crewed mission of the Apollo program. At precisely 15:02:45 UTC, a Saturn IB ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A modern smartphone holds more computing power than all of NASA’s Apollo program

The computer that guided astronauts to the moon and back operated with roughly 2,048 words of erasable memory and 36,864 ...
Phys.org

Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons ...
The Conversation

NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program

When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world watched the United States recover from a potential catastrophe. An oxygen tank explosion turned a ...
The News-Herald

Mentor Public Library hosts talk on NASA’s Apollo program

People can discover the tragedies and triumphs of NASA’s Apollo program during a free program at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Mentor Public Library’s Lake Branch, 5642 Andrews Road in Mentor-on-the-Lake. Eric ...
Los Angeles Times

Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA’s return to the moon

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Four astronauts are scheduled to launch this week on humanity’s first lunar mission in over 50 years, featuring a ...