The First Man On The Moon
It is hard to appreciate the technical challenges involved in putting a man on the moon, but 1960s computer technology played a fundamental role.
With Jim Carrey, Gerry Becker, Greyson Erik Pendry, Brittany Colonna. Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman, along with his role on Taxi (1978), was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, Jerry Lawler (who …
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Directed by Duncan Jones. With Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw. Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our …
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon.He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.When he stepped onto the lunar surface on July 21, 1969, he said: “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon.Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC.Armstrong became the first human to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him …
In honour of Apollo 11, here are 11 strange facts you didn’t know about the first Moon landing.
Wechoosethemoon.org is an interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in real time. Once where only three men made the trip, now millions can. Live event begins 9:32 AM EDT July 16, 2009. Exactly 40 years after Apollo 11 …
Ever since astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the Moon, there has been an adamant group of conspiracy theorists who claim the whole event was concocted in a film studio.
