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The team aboard Apollo 11 remained in constant contact with Mission control and the command module. Just minutes before landing, at 9.10pm, a ‘1202 programme alarm’ was triggered four times.

One returned two amber glass cigar ashtrays used during the mission – preferred by the chain-smoking Apollo 11 Mission Control team as the smaller, square cigarette ashtrays filled too quickly – from ...

By Apollo 11, he was the assistant flight controller in Mission Control. While the astronauts became American heroes for their bravery and pioneering spirit, it was the men and women in Mission ...

With a newly-discovered trove of never-before-seen 70mm footage and audio recordings, APOLLO 11: First Steps Edition joins Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, the Mission Control team ...

Here’s What it Was Like to Be the Third Meet Poppy Northcutt, the Woman Who Helped Bring the Apollo 11 Astronauts Home Safely They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later ...

‘GO’, Bales replies. If he’s made the wrong call, there’ll be no happy ending to Apollo 11’s adventure story. Image caption, At Mission Control, guidance officer Steve Bales has a big ...

"We call the first row in the control ... of Apollo 8 rocketed their way to the moon, hundreds of workers made sure they arrived at their destination properly, completed their mission, and ...

Apollo 11: Moonwalk Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong ... Ingenuity and clear thinking in space and in mission control allowed the crew — Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise -- to ...

The first manned mission to the moon ... Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V rocket climbs ...