In 1975, NASA sent a pocket calculator on Apollo-Soyuz as a backup if its main computer failed; 37 years later, it ended up at the Smithsonian

NASA utilized an HP-65 calculator as a crucial backup system during the Apollo-Soyuz mission. This programmable device ...

A NASA intern paid $218 for a lot of used tapes in 1976: inside was the ‘crown jewel’ of the Apollo 11 mission

Young engineering student Gary George acquired a lot of tapes without really knowing what he was buying. Among them were ...

In 1976, a former NASA intern paid $217 for 1,150 old tapes; 43 years later, 3 Apollo 11 recordings from the lot sold for $1.82 million

In 1976, a former NASA intern spent just $217 on 1,150 old tapes. At the time, they looked like forgotten pieces of history, with little reason to expect anything extraordinary. Then, 43 years later, ...
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NASA crashed Apollo 12 into the moon... then it vibrated for nearly an hour - "It rang like a bell."

On November 20, 1969, NASA deliberately crashed Apollo 12 hardware into the Moon while seismic instruments monitored the ...

Nasa’s Apollo-Soyuz pocket calculator reached the Smithsonian 37 years after its 1975 mission

The Apollo-Soyuz mission featured a remarkable pocket-sized Hewlett-Packard calculator, designed to serve as a safeguard for critical navigational calculations. Now housed at the Smithsonian's ...
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Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a ...
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NASA old-timers are rooting for return to the moon with Artemis II launch

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened sooner while more of ...
New York Post

Seven inventions from the Apollo space program we still use today

It’s been nearly 50 years since NASA put a man on the moon but many of the technologies invented for the groundbreaking Apollo space program are still used in our lives on Earth today. From the tiny ...
NPR

NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90

One of the early Apollo astronauts has died. Walt Cunningham died Tuesday after complications from a fall. He was 90. Walt Cunningham flew in space just one time. His flight in 1968 was an important — ...
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Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft set for the Artemis 2 mission is seen on Launch Complex 39B at sunrise ...