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[gusgrissom]

“One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” 10:56 pm, July 20, 1969.

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[On the moon] “It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it.” -Neil Armstrong

[forgottenscarves]

Happy Moon Day Monday!

It forever amazes me that it was a mere 66 years between the first piloted, heavier than air airplane flight and a man walking on the moon

[humanoidhistory]

The launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969.

[thererisesaredstar]

Near the Cosmos. Dawn flight by Stanislav Torlopov (1984)

[nemfrog]

”Our Earth is peppered with some 20,000 tons of stardust a year.” Children’s science book. 1947.

[rawyld]

That is a photo of Michael Collins on the open day of the National air and space museum.

[gameraboy2]

"I'm on the moon!" 1969 Snoopy button

[gusgrissom]

Gus in Hawaii, circa 1962. Is this the best purchase I’ve ever made? Absolutely.

[apollomission8]

Gus Grissom's Mercury-Redstone 4 spacesuit, Heros and Legends exhibit, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

[nasa]

Celebrate Your Special Day With Hubble

This is the Veil Nebula, which Hubble saw on July 1, 2020.

Have you ever looked up what our Hubble Space Telescope saw on your birthday? (Or your anniversary, or your pet's adoption day, or...)

We've given our popular interactive page a new look — and, just as importantly, it now shows you five different cosmic sights Hubble was checking out on the day that you picked.

Take a look!

[lightthiscandle]

Elliot See gets “a great big hug” from his niece shortly after his astronaut selection, September 1962.

[keyfili]

RYAN GOSLING filmography 26/? NEIL ARMSTRONG in FIRST MAN 2018 • dir. Damien Chazelle

[humanoidhistory]

Jim Lovell, 1965.

[apollomission8]

I'm sorry but this is an objectively hilarious notification to get rn 😭😭😭

[apollomission8]

Guys the notes on this post are killing me

[axopies]

JUST TURN ON THE TV. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHICH CHANNEL