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15Dec/15

ESA scientists watch first Briton taking off from Baikonur to ISS

December 15, 2015SpaceAquanauts, Cologne, ESA, European Space Agency, Expedition 46, Expedition 47, Germany, Helen Sharman, In Russia, In spaceflight, Kazakhstan, Outer space, Ruediger Seine, Russia, Soyuz TMA-19, Soyuz TMA-19M, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Tim Kopra, Tim Peake, Timothy Peake, United Kingdom, Yuri Malenchenkosmbale

Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) watch their colleague Tim Peake’s take-off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan as he becomes the first Briton to visit the International Space Station.

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09Oct/15

NASA releases photos from Apollo missions

October 9, 2015SpaceApollo 1, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo 20 hoax, Apollo 7, Apollo Archive, Apollo Archive Flickr, Apollo Lunar Module, Apollo program, Buzz Aldrin, Exploration of the Moon, In spaceflight, Moon landing, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Neil Armstrong, Outer space, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, United Statessmbale

IN SPACE (NASA) – Space enthusiasts got a special treat this week as NASA released more than 11,000 photos from its Project Apollo Archive, the vast majority of which feature pictures taken during the lunar missions. NASA posted the photos on the Project Apollo Archive Flickr account, and they span from the first manned test flight in 1968, Apollo 7, to NASA’s last lunar mission, Apollo 17, in 1972.
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