How on earth did we ever send humans to the moon in 1969 ??? ๐ ๐
Iโm starting to wonder if we ever landed on the moon in 1969 ????
Over half a century ago, on July 20, 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
Today, February 24, 2024 : The latest Odysseus Moon lander is likely lying on its side with its head resting against a rock.
Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus holding a model of Odysseus to show its position on the side during a press conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on 23 February, 2024. Photo: NASA TV / AFP
The US spacecraft, which made history on Thursday by becoming the first ever privately built and operated robot to complete a soft lunar touchdown, is otherwise in good condition.
Its owner, Texan firm Intuitive Machines, said Odysseus has plenty of power and was communicating with Earth. Controllers were trying to retrieve pictures from the robot.
The latest photo from the Moon.
February 23, 2024
Source: https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/intuitive-machines-odysseus-camera-image
Now, check out this Comparison of Moon footage from 1972 to 2023 ???
How did we ever do this in 1972 ?
Really ??? A moon buggy ????
https://youtube.com/shorts/Q9XEmlO_z6I?si=8Y2d6gDD3Wd1-fJd
Six missions landed humans on the Moon, beginning with Apollo 11 in July 1969, during which Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. Apollo 13 was intended to land; however, it was restricted to a flyby due to a malfunction aboard the spacecraft. All nine crewed missions returned safely to the Earth.
A photo from 1969:
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, stands on the surface of the moon near the leg of the lunar module, Eagle, during the Apollo 11 moonwalk. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, mission commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. While Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the lunar module to explore the Sea of Tranquility, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained in lunar orbit with the Command and Service Module, Columbia. The picture features additionally to Aldrin, in his visor as reflections, Armstrong, Earth,[1] the lander, as well as the placed flag and instruments. This is the actual photograph as exposed on the moon by Armstrong. He held the camera slightly rotated so that the camera frame did not include the top of Aldrin's portable life support system ("backpack"). A communications antenna mounted on top of the backpack is also cut off in this picture. When the image was released to the public, it was rotated clockwise to restore the astronaut to vertical for a more harmonious composition, and a black area was added above his head to recreate the missing black lunar "sky". The edited version is the one most commonly reproduced and known to the public, but the original version, above, is the authentic exposure. A full explanation with illustrations can be seen at the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#/media/File:Aldrin_Apollo_11_original
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a $118 million contract to carry six instruments to the lunar surface that would help pave the way for future missions under its Artemis program, which seeks to return astronauts to the moon as early as 2026.
Intuitive Machines shares descend fast after the CEO says the moon lander is on its side
Feb 23 (Reuters) - Shares of moon lander maker Intuitive Machines (LUNR.O), tumbled 30% in extended trade, wiping out a Friday rally after the company said its spacecraft had tipped over shortly after touching down on the lunar surface a day earlier. The stock of the first private company to successfully land on the moon nearly doubled from $4.98 before the Feb. 15 launch to $9.59 as of Friday's close. Friday's late-day sell-off left it below $7.
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