Neil Armstrong is perhaps best known for saying 12 words on July 20, 1969: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap ...
In 1971, American astronaut Edgar Mitchell spent nine hours walking the surface of the Moon as part of the Apollo 14 program.
When NASA's Artemis 3 crewed mission lands on the lunar surface a few years from now, the first astronauts to walk on the moon since the Apollo age will be able to take advantage of something ...
This can be tricky, because first steps on the lunar soil can sometimes sink in ankle-deep, making it similar to climbing a sand dune. "And after a hard day of eight hours walking on the Moon ...
NASA's Artemis program hopes to establish the first long-term presence on the moon and is expected to include the landings of the first woman and the first person of color on the moon.
Mitchell became the sixth person to walk on the moon on the nine-day mission, spending nine hours exploring the lunar surface. There is film footage of the astronaut wearing the GMT-Master before ...
The collection contains more than 7,000 pages and took about two years to archive. The university hopes his writings will ...
In 1971, American astronaut Edgar Mitchell spent nine hours walking the surface of the Moon ... person to tread the lunar surface, but, with his Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675 on his right wrist, the ...