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The first major flight tests in the Apollo program were performed by the Little Joe II launch vehicle. These unmanned flights tested the command module launch escape system and qualified it for operational use in the Apollo program. The test serie…
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A one-man spacecraft-booster combination like this one propelled the first two American astronauts (Al Shepard and Gus Grissom) into Space in May and July of 1961. Al Shepard's spacecraft reached an altitude of 101 nautical miles in a ballistic ar…
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NASA — Johnson Space Center
National Historic Landmark
Designated by the United States Dept. of the Interior
Apollo Mission Control Center
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing - July 20, 1969
( plaque inside the VIP Observation Room )
Apollo M…
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This farmhouse was built about 1895 on Galveston Bay in Kemah by Clarence Roberts and his mother, Susan Lamb Roberts, both of whom had moved to Texas from Minnesota.
The 1900 storm blew the house off its foundation after which it was moved abou…