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Una antología sobre las memorias y reflexiones de los astronautas | "Regreso a la tierra" resume seis décadas de exploración espacial a través del testimonio de nueve astronautas de cuatro países
Mis días de trabajo eran intensos, pero flotaba, así que no consumía mucha energía. En tierra me habían asignado siete u ocho horas de sueño. Me di cuenta que solo necesitaba tres o cuatro. No porque estuviera nervioso; más bien estaba emocionado. Tenía mucho que hacer. No avisaba al control de la misión que estaba despierto.
Russell Lewis
As NPR's Southern Bureau chief, Russell Lewis covers issues and people of the Southeast for NPR — from Florida to Virginia to Texas, including West Virginia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. His work brings context and dimension to issues ranging from immigration, transportation, and oil and gas drilling for NPR listeners across the nation and around the world.
Going beyond the Moon
At the 2019 Dubai Air Show in November, veteran NASA astronaut Col AL WORDEN, who was the command pilot for Apollo 15, gave a talk to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 12, for which he was one of the back-up crew. Col Worden’s talk included not only an insight into the Apollo 12 mission but also covered his own mission in Apollo 15, a dig at Moon-landing conspiracy theorists and his vision of the future of space exploration.
Retired Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Dies At 88
Listen Live Astronaut Al Worden circled the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. NASA Published: Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 5:41pm One of the astronauts who flew during the lunar program has died. Al Worden, 88, was a command module pilot who circled the moon during Apollo 15.
Retired Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Dies At 88
LATEST UPDATES: Tracking COVID-19 (coronavirus) Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Russell Lewis / NPR One of the astronauts who flew during the lunar program has died. Al Worden, 88, was a command module pilot who circled the moon during Apollo 15.
Retired Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Dies At 88
11 mins ago by Russell Lewis (NPR) Astronaut Al Worden circled the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. Stay up to date on coronavirus coverage: Listen to WMFE on your radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” or “WMFE” and you’ll be connected. One of the astronauts who flew during the lunar program has died. Al Worden, 88, was a command module pilot who circled the moon during Apollo 15. The flight was considered one of NASA’s most important scientific missions.
Apollo 11 at 50: The Eagle Has Landed
50 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin boarded the Lunar Module, Eagle, and undocked from the Command Service Module, Columbia. Leaving Mike Collins alone in the CSM in lunar orbit, they descended towards the Moon’s surface where Eagle safely touched down in the Sea of Tranquility at 8:17pm GMT.
I Was Among the Lucky Few to Walk in Space
Ed White performing the first EVA by an American during Gemini IV in 1965. Jim McDivitt took this photograph. (NASA) International Space Station’s Canadarm2 is used to help Robinson during the mission’s third session of extravehicular activity (EVA). (NASA) Expedition 35 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy (pictured) and Tom Marshburn (out of frame) completed a spacewalk on May 11, 2013, to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station.
Astronauts join debate on how - and if - humans will get to Mars
?Astronauts join debate on how – and if – humans will get to Mars A journey to Mars is “going to take all we got…It’s going to take all mankind” Former Apollo astronauts at a space symposium on May 8 doubted whether commercial companies will be able to accomplish human space travel, while representatives of those companies talked about redefining what it means to succeed—or fail—in such grand endeavors.
From STEM to Space: Let’s Launch More Careers in Flight!
If you had told me when I graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1955 that my career would take me via the U.S. Air Force to the Empire Test Pilot School in Farnborough to the moon on Apollo 15 and back to Farnborough 52 years later – with so many extraordinary experiences and personal connections along the way – I certainly would have laughed it off with a big “No way!” There are probably a lot of you who, similarly, could not have guessed at the start of your careers that you...
From STEM to Space: Let’s Launch More Careers in Flight!
If you had told me when I graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1955 that my career would take me via the U.S. Air Force to the Empire Test Pilot School here in Farnborough to the moon on Apollo 15 and back to Farnborough 52 years later – with so many extraordinary experiences and personal connections along the way – I certainly would have laughed it off with a big “No way!” There are probably a lot of you here this week who, similarly, could not have guessed at the start of...
10 astronauts to attend fundraising dinner
The pioneers of space exploration created the U.S. Space Walk of Fame to preserve the history of man's greatest achievements with a museum and monuments in Titusville, Florida.
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