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On This Day, Dec. 11: Apollo 17 lands on moon
Dec. 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1816, Indiana joined the United States as its 19th state. In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.
Why LBJ Canceled The Apollo Moon Base
NASA's requested funding was spent on the Great Society, including building rapid transit system in several cities ...
TV Q&A: Where in the world do episodes of 'Big Blue Marble' reside?
Q: When I was a child in the early ‘70s, I lived in Florida and watched a show called “Big Blue Marble,” where they would go ...
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Cover, Oxygen Purge System, Apollo 17
Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. This cover belongs to an Oxygen Purge System used during the Apollo 17 mission that occurred in December 1972. The PLSS was used for water ...
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Parachute, Main, Apollo 17
Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. This parachute is one of the three main parachutes deployed to safely "land" the Apollo 17 Command Module after its successful December 1972 ...