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11 November 1969 – Today in Apollo History

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 11th November 1969.

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I'm tweeting the Apollo 12 landing… 40 years late

Just like I did with the Apollo 11 landing, I’m tweeting the Apollo 12 landing 40 years late. I’m using the same account so you can find all the tweets at http://www.twitter.com/apolloecho.

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10 November 1969 – Today in History

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 10th November 1969.

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First full resolution photo of an Apollo landing site

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been orbiting the moon for months calibrating it’s instruments and lowering it’s orbit. It is now in a 50km polar orbit about the moon. As with any optics, being closer normally results…

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Space Station will now be visible over London on Wednesday

As you may be aware, Space Shuttle Discovery is currently docked to the International Space Station as part of mission STS-128. The shuttle is due to land at 00:09am on Friday 11 September BST (British Summer Time). It…

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President Nixons undelivered Apollo 11 disaster speech

Forty years ago, Michael Collins was in orbit around the moon and two brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin (Jr) were sitting inside Eagle at Tranquility Base on the moon getting ready to make history and…

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photos of Apollo landing sites

NASA has reported that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has sent back its first images of Apollo lunar landing sites. They say they will be releasing the images at 12 noon EDT (5pm London Time), today, Friday 17th…

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I'm Tweeting the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Live (40 years late)

For those of you that use twitter, I’m going to be tweeting the Moon Landing Live (Well, 40 years late). You can find the twitter feed at www.twitter.com/ApolloEcho.

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Moon Shot

Article reads: St Petersburg Independent – Friday, July 4 1969 [image] Credit: AP Moon Shot This double exposure of the moon and the Apollo 11 moon rocket was made after the service gantry was moved away during a…

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5 July 1969 – They'll grab more Moon

The Age – 5th July 1969 America’s Apollo 11 astronauts will bring back to Earth double the quantity of Moon specimens than was earlier planned, scientists announced in Houston today. Join me on twitter at www.twitter.com/ApolloEcho to relive…

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