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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The National Aeronautics and Space ...
The city is home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, established in 1960, where the Saturn V rockets that helped propel the U.S. to the moon were primarily designed for the Apollo lunar programs.
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In 1968, the Soviet Union Orbited Turtles Around the Moon
The Soviet Union’s successful Zond-5 space mission in 1968 prompted NASA to speed up the Apollo program—ultimately driving it ...
Since the last manned lunar mission, Apollo 17 in 1972, mankind has taken one giant leap backward. Neither the United States nor any other country currently has the means to send a manned mission to ...
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