On July 15, 1969, one day before Apollo 11 launched for the moon, a crew of six men prepared to drop into unchartered and mysterious depths of the ocean. Their ground-breaking mission, onboard a strange submersible craft called Ben Franklin, was to try and unlock secrets of the Gulf Stream, one of Mother Nature's most important ocean currents. Flowing through the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of kilometres in length, the Gulf Stream affects much of the climate and life on earth.
The Saturn 1 rocket they’re “ giving away ”. Photo credit: NASA . If you find yourself in the market for a rocket , there are two things you should know about this one. The agency is still in possession of a lot of equipment from both the Apollo era and the shuttle program. Some of it can be found in the rocket
NASA 's Saturn V, the mighty rocket that launched men to the moon was first tested in 1967. See how the giant Saturn V moon rocket worked in this A total of 13 Saturn V rockets were launched from 1967 until 1973, carrying Apollo missions as well as the Skylab space station. Every part of the giant
© Provided by CBS Interactive Inc. Coming to a park near you, if that park has an extra $250,000 in the budget. NASA Just in time for the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 astronauts landing on the moon, the space agency has a very big piece of history it's looking to offload.
The historic Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Alabama played a central role in developing the Saturn rockets that powered the Apollo rocket program, and apparently it had one of the earliest models just lying around after all these years.
According to documents and emails obtained by CNET, MSFC "has excessed a Saturn 1 Block 1 Booster portion of a Saturn rocket stack up."
Saturn V was an American super heavy-lift launch vehicle certified for human-rating used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. It consisted of three stages, each fueled by liquid propellants.
The Saturn V was just the rocket for the job. Apollo 8 ranks as one of the most audacious and risky missions in space history. Alongside Borman in the Apollo command module were Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, who gave the endeavour just a 30% chance of success.
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Neil Armstrong (front) waves as he heads for the van designated to take him and the other crew members of Apollo 11 to the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16, 1969.
NASA is giving away an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to anyone who wants it. In other news, please support my GoFundMe to transport an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to my backyard.
The Saturn V was a rocket NASA built to send people to the moon. (The V in the name is the Roman numeral five.) The Saturn V was a type of rocket These launches tested the Saturn V rocket . The first Saturn V launched with a crew was Apollo 8. On this mission, astronauts orbited the moon but
In this live television footage, astronauts onboard the spaceship can be seen descending a ladder to the Moon’s surface on July 20.
Made for publicity purposes in 1967, this short film (sorry about the wobbly soundtrack) dramatically shows the assembly of the Saturn V rocket that was
NASA is giving away an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to anyone who wants it. In other news, please support my GoFundMe to transport an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to my backyard. In a world first NASA will launch a rocket from a privately built spaceport in the Northern Territory next year.
Aldrin begins to deploy the Early Apollo Science Experiments Package (EASEP) – one of the experiments that were carried out during the lunar landing mission – on the Moon’s surface on July 20.
Aldrin is deploying the solar wind experiment on the lunar surface with the lunar module in the background. Collins, the Command Module pilot, remained in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the surface.
The Chicago Cubs (foreground) and the Philadelphia Phillies bow their heads in a moment of silent prayer for the safe completion of the Apollo 11 mission, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on July 20. The players moved out on the field within a minute after the lunar module made its safe landing. The fans who had cheered wildly on hearing announcement of landing then joined the players in singing "God Bless America," before resuming playing of second game of the day's doubleheader.
The spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong, displayed at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, is seen on July 17, 2015.
The booster is the bottom or first stage of the Saturn I, which was the United States' first heavy-lift rocket, developed in the early 1960s. It was the more massive fifth version, or Saturn V, that would send Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their trip to the moon in 1969.
Presumably, this rocket never flew since the standard practice for all NASA launches prior to the emergence of SpaceX was to allow spent boosters to fall in the ocean.
So this is basically an unused, genuine space rocket being given away to interested schools, universities, museum or libraries for free. All any interested organization has to do is pay for shipping, which happens to cost a quarter million dollars in this case.
NASA occasionally offers free artifacts to schools and museums through the federal government's General Services Administration. In fact, it's currently also trying to get rid of some old space shuttle tiles and astronaut food packets.
If the $250,000 shipping and handling fees for a rocket are a little steep for your burgeoning space museum, you might do better to start building your exhibit around some nice shuttle tiles, which can be had for one ten-thousandth the cost, or about $25 in shipping costs.
NASA is planning to spice up space, literally.
US astronauts headed to the International Space Station in 2020 will be accompanied by pepper plants.
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The Saturn 1 rocket they’re “ giving away ”. Photo credit: NASA . If you find yourself in the market for a rocket , there are two things you should know about this one. The agency is still in possession of a lot of equipment from both the Apollo era and the shuttle program. Some of it can be found in the rocket www.thevintagenews.com
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Saturn V - WikipediaSaturn V was an American super heavy-lift launch vehicle certified for human-rating used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. It consisted of three stages, each fueled by liquid propellants. en.wikipedia.org
Apollo in 50 numbers: The rocket - BBC FutureThe Saturn V was just the rocket for the job. Apollo 8 ranks as one of the most audacious and risky missions in space history. Alongside Borman in the Apollo command module were Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, who gave the endeavour just a 30% chance of success.
NASA Did That - Does anyone need a lawn ornament? | FacebookNASA is giving away an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to anyone who wants it. In other news, please support my GoFundMe to transport an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to my backyard.
NASA - Saturn VThe Saturn V was a rocket NASA built to send people to the moon. (The V in the name is the Roman numeral five.) The Saturn V was a type of rocket These launches tested the Saturn V rocket . The first Saturn V launched with a crew was Apollo 8. On this mission, astronauts orbited the moon but
NASA Apollo digest 1967 apollo 4 launch of saturnMade for publicity purposes in 1967, this short film (sorry about the wobbly soundtrack) dramatically shows the assembly of the Saturn V rocket that was
Australian Space Agency News - Posts | FacebookNASA is giving away an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to anyone who wants it. In other news, please support my GoFundMe to transport an Apollo - era Saturn rocket to my backyard. In a world first NASA will launch a rocket from a privately built spaceport in the Northern Territory next year.
On July 15, 1969, one day before Apollo 11 launched for the moon, a crew of six men prepared to drop into unchartered and mysterious depths of the ocean. Their ground-breaking mission, onboard a strange submersible craft called Ben Franklin, was to try and unlock secrets of the Gulf Stream, one of Mother Nature's most important ocean currents. Flowing through the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of kilometres in length, the Gulf Stream affects much of the climate and life on earth. 
Fifty years ago on Tuesday, three American astronauts set off from Florida for the Moon on a mission that would change the way we see humanity's place in the universe. The crew's surviving members, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, are set to reunite at the same launchpad on Tuesday, the start of a week-long series of events commemorating Apollo 11. Their commander and the first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, passed away in 2012. But Aldrin and Collins, 89 and 88 respectively, will meet Tuesday at precisely 9:32 am (1332 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A to kick off the festivities. 
China's regulators are catching up with their country's booming private space business. 
In a report by CNBC, NASA's head, Jim Bridenstine, said that added interest and new advancements in technology will help unlock an array of materials never-before available. 
The Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to make a six-hour flight to the International Space Station on Saturday 
Former NASA intern Gary George sold off three of the agency’s videotapes of the Apollo 11 moon landing for $US1.82 ($3) million at auction house Sotheby’s on Sunday, the 50th anniversary of the event, CNN reported. Sotheby’s claims the videos have not been enhanced, restored, or otherwise altered and are the “earliest, sharpest, and most accurate surviving video images of man’s first steps on the moon,” CNN wrote. George paid $US217. 
US space agency NASA on Monday asked American aerospace companies to offer detailed ideas for vehicles that could bring two astronauts to the Moon by 2024, an American objective that was reconfirmed on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. 
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