This handy little guide was produced by Boeing and distributed to members of the media who were present for the launch of Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the moon. Boeing was the prime contractor for the S-1 stage of the Saturn V rocket.
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Growing up in America in the 1960s, the excitement of space exploration was everywhere. As kids, we’d be glued to the TV as launches from Kennedy Space Center and splashdowns happened. My elementary school wheeled a TV into the cafeteria when the big day coincided with school so we wouldn’t miss a thing. But for
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The first human stepped foot on the moon in July 1969. Since then, only 12 men have walked on the moon’s surface in a hectic several years and we haven’t been back in more than 30 years. This blog is a way for me to showcase some of the fascinating memorabilia I have collected from
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