Lunar plaques are stainless steel commemorative plaques measuring 9 by 7+5⁄8 inches (22.9 by 19.4 cm) attached to the ladders on the descent stages of...
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The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold-anodized aluminum plaques that were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring...
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Mankind" is a phrase excerpted from the inscription on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque, which reads in part, "We came in peace for all mankind." For All Mankind...
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Moon landing ahead of the United States. The title is inspired by the lunar plaque left on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 11, which reads, in part, "We...
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Apollo 13 (redirect from Lunar Module Aquarius)
speaking with President Nixon shortly after their return Replica of the lunar plaque with Swigert's name that was to cover the one attached to Aquarius with...
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Ken Mattingly (Apollo 16). The title of For All Mankind comes from the lunar plaque left by the Apollo 11 astronauts: Here men from the planet Earth First...
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commercial exploitation of the US government space program. Before his Apollo 15 lunar mission, astronaut David Scott met Belgian painter and printmaker Paul Van...
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Apollo (spacecraft) (section Lunar Module (LM))
The design was based on the lunar orbit rendezvous approach: two docked spacecraft were sent to the Moon and went into lunar orbit. While the LM separated...
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Moon (redirect from Lunar mass)
have over time synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period (lunar day) at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the...
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The name of the show is inspired by the inscription on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque Paine was instrumental in bringing about. In the show's setting, Paine...
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Apollo program (redirect from Apollo lunar landings)
landed their Apollo Lunar Module (LM) on July 20, 1969, and walked on the lunar surface, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command...
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Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5) is the spacecraft that served as the crewed lunar lander of Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon...
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The Honduras lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo...
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Rhodesia, Sierra Leone and Trinidad and Tobago. List of time capsules Lunar plaque List of artificial objects on the Moon "Apollo 11 Goodwill Messages"...
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and Pat Buchanan, is credited for authoring the text on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque. Humes has written many books sharing his extensive knowledge of the...
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intentions "We came in peace for all mankind" - inscription on Apollo 11 Lunar plaque I Come in Peace, a 1990 science fiction action film, originally produced...
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Apollo TV camera (redirect from Westinghouse Apollo Lunar Television Camera)
Apollo 15 mission, a more robust, damage-resistant camera was used on the lunar surface. All of these cameras required signal processing back on Earth to...
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Moon rock (redirect from Lunar sample)
Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon...
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The lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back by the astronauts of the Apollo 11...
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The Apollo 11 lunar sample display is a commemorative podium style plaque display consisting of four dust particle specimens (dubbed "Moon rocks"), the...
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as the United States flags, the commemorative plaques attached to the ladders of the six Apollo Lunar Modules, the silver astronaut pin left by Alan...
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photograph of Earth and part of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo...
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to: James C. Humes (born 1934), co-author of the text on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque Jim Humes, American judge Jimmy Humes (born 1942), English professional...
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a lunar plaque and small memorial statue for lives lost in space exploration. It was placed on the Moon during the 1971 Apollo 15 mission. Plaques and...
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The Illinois lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo...
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Apollo 17 (redirect from Lunar Module Challenger)
the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot...
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The Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment (LEAM) was a lunar science experiment that flew to the Moon on board Apollo 17 in 1972. It collected information...
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development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the lunar Artemis program. NASA's science division is focused on better understanding...
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Metonic cycle (redirect from Metonic 19-year lunar cycles)
ἐννεακαίδεκα, "nineteen") is a period of almost exactly 19 years after which the lunar phases recur at the same time of the year. The recurrence is not perfect...
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Apollo 11 (section Launch and flight to lunar orbit)
landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and...
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