Astronomy & Flight Category Archive – Page 1 of 15 − Dipping Into Light

Astronomy & Flight

Clement Ader, French engineer, died March 5, 1925

Diego Aguilera, flies glider, one of the first attempted manned flights, May 15, 1793

Buzz Aldrin, American pilot and astronaut, born January 20, 1930

Bryan Allen, wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel, June 12, 1979

Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space, Jan 22, 1968.

Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, launched on their nine-day mission, January 31, 1971

Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission, February 5, 1971

Apollo 6, launched April 4, 1968

Apollo 13, launched, April 11, 1970

Apollo 16, launched, April 16, 1972

Apollo 10, launched, May 18, 1969

Apollo 11, first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, launched from Kennedy Space Center, July 16, 1969

Apollo 11, successfully makes first manned Moon landing, July 20, 1969

Apollo 15, first Apollo to use a Lunar Roving Vehicle, launched July 26, 1971

Apollo 7, first successful manned Apollo mission, launched October 11, 1968

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