Tag: Kennedy Space Centre
NASA invites Apollo 11 astronauts to launch pad for 50th Moon Landing Anniversary
Two Apollo 11 astronauts are returning to the exact spot where they began their journey to the moon 50 years ago. NASA has invited Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to Kennedy Space Centre’s Launch Complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida. They will mark the precise moment – 9.32am on July 16 1969 (4.32pm…
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft blasts off into space
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft took off on Saturday morning, marking the first major step towards US ambitions to resume sending astronauts into space on its own spacecraft on American soil. The un-crewed spacecraft launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 2.49am local time (7.49am UK time) as planned, on top of a Falcon…
