Tonight at 3.56 a.m. local time it will be fifty years since human beings walked on the Moon.
Google talked to Mike Collins for their front page animation. Even in this brief interview I learned something - the “barbecue roll” to control the temperature of the vessel as it was in constant sunlight through the voyage.
Media coverage included a BBC Stargazing special talking about what NASA plans to do next, including a test drive of a prototype Mars rover.
Also today, three travellers arrived at the International Space Station.
Look back, look forward, and look up.
Saturday, 20 July 2019
Sunday, 7 July 2019
Jon Pertwee centenary
Celebrated with a big hi-def season rerelease, a documentary presented by his son Sean, a related interview and more, Jon Pertwee was born a hundred years ago today.
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