Robert McNees
Apollo 11 launched #OTD in 1969, carrying Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon.
It was one of the most remarkable scientific collaborations in history, taking humans from Earth to the surface of another world, then returning them safely home.
Images: NASA
Robert McNees
The team that worked out the Apollo 11 trajectories from Earth to the Moon included Katherine Johnson. She also performed calculations for how the Apollo Lunar Module would rejoin the Command and Service Module back in orbit
Image: NASA
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@mcnees “When NASA used electronic computers for the first time to calculate John Glenn's orbit around Earth, officials called on Johnson to verify the computer's numbers; Glenn had asked for her specifically and had refused to fly unless Johnson verified the calculations.”
Robert McNees
Sunday morning is a pretty good time to take a look through NASA’s Project Apollo archive on Flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/albums
This is a totally safe thing to do. You definitely won't look up two hours from now and ask where your morning went.
Images: NASA
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