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 ...ootpad" is to prevent an
excessive temperature-rise due to direct solar heating. The
surface has the texture of damp sand, and takes a footprint easily.
The picture was taken with a 70mm camera by Neil Armstrong.
A NASA geologist, from an examination of cine film taken during
the landing approach, has deduced that Apollo 11 landed at
0°38'50"N, 23°30'17"E in selenographic co-ordinates.
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 ...LIGHT International, 3 July 1976 29
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GRUMMAN PERFORMANCE
Dependability is synonymous with Grumman products.
In July 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped from the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) to
the moon's surface — five months before the date set as a national goal. Our Lunar Modules
performed flawlessly in each of their missions,...
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 ... partners and suppliers,
we would like to thank the National Aeronautic
Association for this high honor.
Previous Trophy Winners Include:
Orville Wright. NASA, CharlesYeager, Boeing,
John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Lockheed, U.S.
Naval Research Laboratory, United States
Air Force, General Dynamics, Rockwell
International, Voyager Mission Team, Martin
Marietta, United States Army
THE WORLD ST...
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 ...partners and suppliers, we would like to thank the
National Aeronautic Association for this high honor.
Previous Trophy Winners
Include:
Orville Wright, NASA, Charles Yeager,
Boeing, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong,
Lockheed, U.S. Naval Research
Laboratory, United States Air Force,
General Dynamics, Rockwell
International, Voyager Mission Team,
Martin Marietta, United States Army
THE WORLD S...
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 ...LIGHT International. 17 Jul/ 1969
Three men to the Moon
Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins were selected from 52 astronauts currently on
NASA's active list. Nine further Apollo flights after Apollo 11 will give about 60 per cent of the
astr...
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 ...had stopped, work
hadn't. A 3min window existed during
which take-off and rendezvous with
Columbia was possible. But Eagle was
Opposite page: The
emotive event of the
flight was the contact
of Neil Armstrong's left
boot with the surface of
the Moon; the first occa
sion on which man has
touched another planet.
Above, Armstrong at the
bottom of the ladder
Above, the lunar module,
one ...
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 ...? (1954) N Above: What and where?
O Above: Inaugural of the world's first what, when, where?
P Left: He is with the aeroplane that he was
the first and last to fly. Who? And what
is it?
Q Right: Neil Armstrong was the first man to
walk on the Moon. When? And who is that
greeting him soon afterwards? * ...
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 ... Which new transport first flew a
decade ago next week?
5 How many T-tailed types is Piper
now producing?
G What was the first carrier-borne
fighter with a nosewheel under
carriage?
7 When did Neil Armstrong make
his "giant leap"?
8 How many wheels on the 747,
C-5A, Victor and DC-1O40?
9 Which company builds MiG-21s
under licence?
10 Name the countries flying Phan
toms
11 Name all t...
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 ...n show
sponsored by "Flight" at Cranfield this
week
Man on the Moon
The greatest scientific and technical
task ever undertaken by Homo Sapiens
reached its climax at 0256hr GMT
last Monday when Neil Armstrong
climbed out of his spacecraft to stand,
for the first time, on another heavenly
body. At a distance of a quarter of a
million miles nationalities blurred and
the astronauts became ...
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 ...e the control system was unable to overcome de
stabilising aerodynamic moments.
No failures of any kind occurred during the the 4min
flight. The vehicle climbed to 680ft as required by the flight
Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, piloting the lunar landing
training vehicle at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas. During this flight
of five minutes, two take-offs and landings were made
poli...
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The first man in space (1961) was Yuri
Cagarin, and the first man on the Moon
(1969) was Neil Armstrong
THREE-SCORE YEARS AND TEN
Sputnik 1 remained in orbit for three months and made
some 1,400 circuits of the Earth at heights from 140 to
590 miles. A new dimension began for man-made...
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 ...
report on the January 28
Shuttle accident was
published, Nasa came under
fire for being overambitious in
its plan to have Shuttle flying
again by July 1987.
The criticism came from
astronaut Neil Armstrong,
vice-chairman of the
13-member investigating
panel whose 256-page report
is highly critical of the flawed
management which led to the
launch and catastrophic loss
of the Orbiter...
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 ...ffi
cially enshrined in the US Na
tional Aviation Hall of Fame and
presented with a gold medal for
honour and achievement by its
president, Dennis Corbly. He
was supported by former astro
naut Neil Armstrong.
• SOGERMA
Henri-Paul Puel has become
chairman and chief executive of
Aerospatiale's Sogerma-Socea, re
sponsible for maintenance and aero
nautical-repairs activities. Puel, who
b...
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 ...y Nasa, and
items on display include a Mercury capsule, Edgar
Mitchell's space suit (Apollo 14), and rocket motors. Guests
present at the opening included Dr James Fletcher
administrator of Nasa, Neil Armstrong and John Glenn. '
B.G.
I Several balloons took part in an inaugural rally to celebrate the
opening of the new air and space exhibits at the Swiss Transport Museum.
The DC-3 is one o...
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 ...LIGHT International, 12 Jure 1969 987
surised, the hatch opened, and Neil Armstrong will climb
down the aluminium ladder on to the Moon, the scene
being recorded for posterity by the TV camera of Edwin
Aldrin. The first task will be to collect a "contingency sample"...
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 ...LIGHT International, 11 June 1969 987
surised, the hatch opened, and Neil Armstrong will climb
down the aluminium ladder on to the Moon, the scene
being recorded for posterity by the TV camera of Edwin
Aldrin. The first task will be to collect a "contingency sample"...
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 ...reparing for the Gemini 8 orbital flight, astronaut David Scott practises "extravehicular activity" inside the
cabin of a C-I3S performing a zero-g parabolic manoeuvre. Command pilot Neil Armstrong remains in his
seat in the mock-up of the Gemini spacecraft
Spaceflight
This tool kit was developed for NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center by
the Martin Company, and is intended to be used...
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 ...ily to evaluate
new systems, and for the majority of high-altitude flights scheduled
in the future, with the sole exception of 250,000ft design-altitude
missions. The December 20 test was flown by Neil Armstrong, ...
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 ...OON-LANDERS THEN AND NOW
Almost exactly a year ago, on July 20, 1969, the three Ameri
can astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael
Collins were engaging in the greatest of all technological
ventures—the first landing on the Moon. A year later the
team has split up, only one member remai...
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 ...a faster flight
home, so that the original splashdown time of 1249 BST on
Thursday, July 24, is unchanged. It will, however, delay the
touchdown on the Moon until 2123 BST on Sunday, July 20,
and Neil Armstrong will venture on to the Moon at 0717 BST
on the following day.
The decision to proceed with the flight was made by NASA
on the basis of a review of the status of the Apollo 11 vehicle...
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