45 years ago today, the mighty Saturn V launched Apollo 11 and her - TopicsExpress



          

45 years ago today, the mighty Saturn V launched Apollo 11 and her three man crew, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr. on mankinds first daring attempt to land on our moon. A little known fact: The Apollo 11 Command Module was named Columbia after the Columbiad, the giant cannon shell spacecraft fired by a giant cannon in Jules Vernes 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:23:22 +0000

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