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01/06/2026

Sep. 14, 1966: Photograph of Agena at time of tether drop; range 50 feet; taken during the Gemini XI mission during orbit no. 33. Astronauts Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon performed the first direct-ascent (first orbit) rendezvous with an Agena Target Vehicle, docking with it 1 hour 34 minutes after launch; used the Agena rocket engine to achieve a record high-apogee Earth orbit; and created a small amount of artificial gravity by spinning the two spacecraft connected by a tether. Gordon also performed two extra-vehicular activities for a total of 2 hours 41 minutes.

31/05/2026

Mar. 6, 1969: AS09-20-3097. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, stands in "golden slippers" on the Lunar Module "Spider's" porch during his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. This photograph was taken from inside the Lunar Module "Spider" by mission commander Jim McDivitt. The Command/Service Module and Lunar Module were docked. Schweickart is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU).

30/05/2026

Jul. 20, 1969: AS11-40-5885. USA flag and the solar wind experiment. Apollo 11 mission.

29/05/2026

Jul. 16, 1969: Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in the second group, which was selected in 1962. He made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming NASA’s first civilian astronaut to fly in space. During this mission with pilot David Scott, he performed the first docking of two spacecraft; the mission was aborted after Armstrong used some of his re-entry control fuel to stabilize a dangerous roll caused by a stuck thruster. During training for Armstrong’s second and last spaceflight as commander of Apollo 11, he had to eject from the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle moments before a crash. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the Moon. Comment with your favorite moment of his career

28/05/2026

Nov. 19, 1969: AS12-48-7035. Picture of the engine bell of the Apollo 12 Lunar Module.

27/05/2026

Nov. 1, 1998: View of the STS-95 orbiter Discovery's payload bay with the transfer tunnel and the Spacehab module in the foreground. The background consists of various Earth views.

25/05/2026

1969: Soviet Lunar Module.

24/05/2026

Dec. 7, 1972: AS17-148-22712. Spent S-IVB stage with the adapter at the top.

23/05/2026

Apr. 30, 1972: AS16-117-18827. John Young, Apollo 16 Commander, during EVA-3 at Station 10.

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