![]() Here’s the story you’ve never heard.Īpollo 11 50th Anniversary: Watch A Never-Before-Seen Buzz Aldrin Interview About The Moon Landing, Mars-And Possibility Of Alien Lifeīuzz Aldrin, 89, journeyed to the moon with Armstrong in July 1969, and together their Apollo 11 flight created one of history’s most indelible moments. Uncovered by Nancy Atkinson in her new book, Eight Years to the Moon, this anomaly could have led to a disastrous ending for astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. ![]() ![]() But during the spacecraft’s return to Earth, a serious anomaly occurred, one that went undetected until after the crew returned to Earth. Three days after leaving the Moon, on July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down in Earth’s oceans, successfully completing their return trip. More than 400,000 people worked to make the historic Apollo 11 mission happen, among them a number of women, such as Margaret Hamilton, who led the team that developed the spacecraft’s in-flight software Judith Love Cohen, who designed the Abort-Guidance System in the Apollo lunar module and helped plan a return-to-Earth orbit in case the crew had to abort a mission before reaching the Moon and Katherine Johnson, who calculated rendezvous paths for the lunar module and command module, and also plotted backup navigational charts for the astronauts.Įveryone Missed An Apollo 11 Mistake, And It Almost Killed The Astronauts Returning To Earth The Women Who Helped Make Apollo 11's Giant Leap For Mankind ![]() Margaret Hamilton led the team that developed Apollo's in-flight software NASA ![]()
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