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Krechet-94 (Кречет meaning "gyrfalcon") – designed for the canceled Soviet crewed Moon landing. Strizh (Стриж meaning "swift (bird)") – developed for pilots of Buran-class orbiters. Sokol (Сокол meaning "falcon") – suits worn by Soyuz crew members during launch and reentry. They were first worn on Soyuz 12. They have been ...
Neil Armstrong described his Apollo 11 A7L suit as "tough, reliable and almost cuddly." [1] The Apollo/Skylab space suit (sometimes called the Apollo 11 Spacesuit due to the fact that it was most known for being used in the Apollo 11 Mission) is a class of space suits used in Apollo and Skylab missions. The names for both the Apollo and Skylab ...
The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program that is led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was formally established in 2017 via Space Policy Directive 1. The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 moon mission in 1972.
Apollo 17 →. Apollo 16 (April 16–27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon. It was the second of Apollo's "J missions", with an extended stay on the lunar surface, a focus on science, and the use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).
Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02: ...
An Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 moon lander lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state, on July 14 ...
Thursday's landing represented the first controlled descent to the lunar surface by a U.S. spacecraft since Apollo 17 in 1972, when NASA's last crewed moon mission landed there with astronauts ...
Apollo 15. Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon. It was the first J mission, with a longer stay on the Moon and a greater focus on science than earlier landings. Apollo 15 saw the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle .