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A Saturn V rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Jamie Carter
Fifty years ago today, the launch of Apollo 7 was launched at 15:02: 45 UTC on Friday, October 11, 1968. First Apollo mission to transport a crew in space, Apollo 7 performed Earth orbit for 11 days to test the command and service modules that would soon be used to land on the moon.
This mission was quickly overtaken by the trip around the Apollo Moon 8 a few months later, but the crew – Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham – had another first; Apollo 7 was the first mission to be broadcast live in American homes.
The official emblem of Apollo 7, the first Apollo space mission with crew.NASA
With regard to space hardware, little has come back from the Apollo missions. However, the command modules they came in (most with awkward names), as well as the space suits of astronauts and other memories, are on display in museums in the United States and around the world. Here's where you have to go to see the original Apollo material.
The Apollo Grand Tour project
NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo program, which begins this month with the anniversary of the launch of Apollo 7. However, you can pay tribute to the Apollo heroes by visiting these museums:
1 – Museum Frontiers of Aviation
Dallas, Texas, United States
Home to the Apollo 7 Command Module (loan from the National Museum of Air and Space), the Frontiers of Flight Museum is hosting a celebration of Apollo 7 on October 20th.
Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan, was launched in May 1969 during a lunar orbital mission, as a general rehearsal for the real landing of Apollo 11.Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library
2 – Science Museum
London, United Kingdom
The United States was perhaps preparing to mark the launch of Apollo 10 – the first mission on the moon, but did not land on the surface – but its control module is at the Science Museum in London. It's the only one that is not found in the United States. The free museum theater also shows Legend of Apollo, a 3D computer animation based on the Apollo lunar landings that will "lead you" virtually to the moon.
Visitors watch the Apollo 11 Command Module inside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Photographer: Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg
3 – Smithsonian National Museum of Air and Space
Washington D.C., U.S.
The most famous space debris? In Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall, you will find the Apollo 11 'Columbia & # 39; which allowed Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins to travel to the moon and return to the earth. There is also the Apollo to the Moon exhibition, with memories and artifacts galore, including the Apollo 11 gloves and Armstrong helmet.
NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex Merritt Island, Florida.
4 – NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex
Merritt Island, Florida, Florida, United States
There is an embarrassment of wealth on the Space Coast, which deserves at least a day to visit, maybe two. In a special Saturn V hangar is (you guessed it) an unused Saturn V rocket and the Apollo 14 "Kitty Hawk" control module. Nearby are the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Launch Pad 39A – now rented by SpaceX – to which you can take a bus ride.
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacecraft and Gemini Space Capsuleat the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. (AP Photo / Skip Peterson)
5 – Armstrong Air & Space Museum
Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States
In the hometown of Neil Armstrong, you can find a museum that contains a lot of its space material. There is his Apollo 11 spacesuit, as well as his spacesuit from Gemini 8, the Gemini 8 spacecraft itself and lunar rock.
6 – Museum of Sea, Air and Space USS Hornet
San Francisco, California, United States
Not only have Apollo capsules fallen into the Pacific Ocean and need to be recovered, but NASA was concerned that its astronauts would be covered with deadly pathogens detected on the surface of the Moon. He therefore sent warships to retrieve the crew equipped with a mobile quarantine facility. You see one on the USS Hornet – the aircraft carrier that rescued the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 crews after their disembarkation – although this belongs to the Apollo 14 mission. , here is an Apollo control module used for testing by NASA astronauts.
Saturn V rocket at NASA Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston.
7 – NASA Mission Control, Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas, United States
This is where Apollo astronauts spoke to Earth. There you will find the Apollo Apollo 17 Mission Operations Control Room, the Apollo 17 "America & # 39; and a Saturn V rocket designed for the canceled ship Apollo 19. Oh and the Mission Control of the International Space Station (ISS).
Wishing you a clear sky and big eyes
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A Saturn V rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Jamie Carter
Fifty years ago today, the launch of Apollo 7 was launched at 15:02: 45 UTC on Friday, October 11, 1968. First Apollo mission to transport a crew in space, Apollo 7 performed Earth orbit for 11 days to test the command and service modules that would soon be used to land on the moon.
This mission was quickly overtaken by the trip around the Apollo Moon 8 a few months later, but the crew – Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham – had another first; Apollo 7 was the first mission to be broadcast live in American homes.
The official emblem of Apollo 7, the first Apollo space mission with crew.NASA
With regard to space hardware, little has come back from the Apollo missions. However, the command modules they came in (most with awkward names), as well as the space suits of astronauts and other memories, are on display in museums in the United States and around the world. Here's where you have to go to see the original Apollo material.
The Apollo Grand Tour project
NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo program, which begins this month with the anniversary of the launch of Apollo 7. However, you can pay tribute to the Apollo heroes by visiting these museums:
1 – Museum Frontiers of Aviation
Dallas, Texas, United States
Home to the Apollo 7 Command Module (loan from the National Museum of Air and Space), the Frontiers of Flight Museum is hosting a celebration of Apollo 7 on October 20th.
Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan, was launched in May 1969 during a lunar orbital mission, as a general rehearsal for the real landing of Apollo 11.Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library
2 – Science Museum
London, United Kingdom
The United States was perhaps preparing to mark the launch of Apollo 10 – the first mission on the moon, but did not land on the surface – but its control module is at the Science Museum in London. It's the only one that is not found in the United States. The free museum theater also shows Legend of Apollo, a 3D computer animation based on the Apollo lunar landings that will "lead you" virtually to the moon.
Visitors watch the Apollo 11 Command Module inside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Photographer: Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg
3 – Smithsonian National Museum of Air and Space
Washington D.C., U.S.
The most famous space debris? In Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall, you will find the Apollo 11 'Columbia & # 39; which allowed Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins to travel to the moon and return to the earth. There is also the Apollo to the Moon exhibition, with memories and artifacts galore, including the Apollo 11 gloves and Armstrong helmet.
NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex Merritt Island, Florida.
4 – NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex
Merritt Island, Florida, Florida, United States
There is an embarrassment of wealth on the Space Coast, which deserves at least a day to visit, maybe two. In a special Saturn V hangar is (you guessed it) an unused Saturn V rocket and the Apollo 14 "Kitty Hawk" control module. Nearby are the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Launch Pad 39A – now rented by SpaceX – to which you can take a bus ride.
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacecraft and Gemini Space Capsuleat the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. (AP Photo / Skip Peterson)
5 – Armstrong Air & Space Museum
Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States
In the hometown of Neil Armstrong, you can find a museum that contains a lot of its space material. There is his Apollo 11 spacesuit, as well as his spacesuit from Gemini 8, the Gemini 8 spacecraft itself and lunar rock.
6 – Museum of Sea, Air and Space USS Hornet
San Francisco, California, United States
Not only have Apollo capsules fallen into the Pacific Ocean and need to be recovered, but NASA was concerned that its astronauts would be covered with deadly pathogens detected on the surface of the Moon. He therefore sent warships to retrieve the crew equipped with a mobile quarantine facility. You see one on the USS Hornet – the aircraft carrier that rescued the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 crews after their disembarkation – although this belongs to the Apollo 14 mission. , here is an Apollo control module used for testing by NASA astronauts.
Saturn V rocket at NASA Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston.
7 – NASA Mission Control, Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas, United States
This is where Apollo astronauts spoke to Earth. There you will find the Apollo Apollo 17 Mission Operations Control Room, the Apollo 17 "America & # 39; and a Saturn V rocket designed for the canceled ship Apollo 19. Oh and the Mission Control of the International Space Station (ISS).
Wishing you a clear sky and big eyes
–
If you enjoyed this article, you might also like these:
This weekend, Andromeda galaxy, a billion-dollar star, will be at its best
Did you miss the Perseids? Here's when and where to see the next big 2018 meteor shower
Here's how to see the eight planets in one night this week
How to locate NASA's flagship spacecraft in the night sky
Follow me on Twitter @jamieacarter, @TheNextEclipse or read my other articles from Forbes via my profile page.
