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Of the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon only four are still alive. All except Charlie Duke now in their nineties. In alphabetical order:

Buzz Aldrin (95)
Neil Armstrong (d. 2012)
Alan Bean (d. 2018)
Gene Cernan (d. 2017)
Pete Conrad (d. 1999)
Charles Duke (89)
James Irwin (d. 1991)
Edgar Mitchell (d. 2016)
Harrison Schmitt (90)
David Scott (93)
Alan Shepard (d. 1998)
John Young (d. 2018)

 

• Aug 22, 2025

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It's rare to see the Earth and moon together in a photo. This one was taken this summer by NASA's Psyche spacecraft on its way to an asteroid. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU

 

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Commander John Young was most proud of setting the lunar land speed record while driving the Lunar Roving Vehicle on Apollo 16.

Due to the extremely delicate structure of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo crews were advised to drive the LRV with extreme caution.

Speed limits were placed on the 1-horsepower vehicle at an absolute maximum of 8 mph...which is why John was particularly proud of his 10.5 miles per hour record...

Read more >> John Watts Young

 

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The Liberty Bell space capsule from the Mercury missions that sank after landing, shown on the ocean floor.

Post recovery analysis showed that Gus Grissom was right, he hadn't touched the button. The hatch blew on it's own, thought to have been triggered by static electricity.

 

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NASA's first space photos restored in stunning detail

 

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super-bee_ski said:

Lockheed-Martin "Skunk Works" space plane depiction, LM-Skunk works is nearby Edwards AFB, Palmdale CA
Been ther many times performing telemetry checks on F-22s
Big facility
We call it "Plant 42"
Plant 42 consists of:
Boeing Phantom works
Northrup test and research, Advanced Flying Research Facility
Lockheed-Martin Skunk works, Advanced Projects

Click to expand...

And you don’t go near it unless you want to end up with your face planted on the ground

 

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Took a tour of the flight line at Edwards with a FABO member who worked there. Very interesting.