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Apollo 8 is GO for the Moon! November 12, 1968 #NASA makes a public announcement: “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration today announced that the #Apollo8 mission would be prepared for an orbital flight around the Moon” forallmankind.de contactlight.de

November 12, 1968 #NASA HQ makes a public announcement: "After a careful and thorough examination of all of the systems and risks involved, we have concluded that we are now ready to fly the most advanced mission for our #Apollo8 launch in December: the orbit around the moon." Www.contactlight.de

Apollo 8 Genesis Reading - In memory of Frank Borman, who passed away November 10, 2023, He first orbited the moon, Christmas Eve 1968. #RIP #astronaut #Apollo8 #FrankBorman

In der Nacht vom 09. auf den 10. November war #Reichspogromnacht Jüdinnen und Juden wurden getötet, ihre Geschäfte, Wohnungen und Synagogen angezündet. 6 Millionen starben in der Folge in deutschen Konzentrationslagern! #gegendasvergessen #niewieder #NeverForget #PogromNight

contactlight.de #Remembering astronaut Ron Evans on his birthday (10. November 1933). He was the CMP on Apollo 17 and supported Apollo-Soyuz as well as Shuttle program development until his retirement in 1977. forallmankind.de

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever." Carl Sagan, (born November, 9, 1934) contactlight.de

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ― Carl Sagan Carl Sagan, born November 9, 1934 #CarlSagan #space #apollo #contactLight forallmankind.de contactlight.de

November 9, 1967: @NASA launched the #Apollo4 uncrewed test mission from the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 4's primary objective was to test the readiness of the Saturn V rocket. The mission lasted 8.5 hours and ended with successful spashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

November 9 1967, Saturn V Launches on Maiden Voyage with #Apollo4" Mission time: 8 hrs, 36 min. "One year later, another Saturn V rocket launched the first astronauts to the Moon with #Apollo8. contactlight.de forallmankind.de

“The total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.” -Carl #Sagan November 9, 1934. It's #CarlSaganDay... #CarlSagan contactlight.de

On November 9, 1934, American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, and successful author Carl Sagan was born, known for his popular science books and for the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage It's #CarlSaganDay #CarlSagan contactlight.de

November 9 1967 #Apollo4 " … our building’s shaking here. Our building’s shaking! Oh, it’s terrific, the building’s shaking! This big blast window is shaking! ... 1/2 contactlight.de

Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young, prime crew for the Gemini-Titan 3 mission, are shown inspecting the inside of Gemini spacecraft at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida, on November 9, 1964. contactlight.de forallmankind.de

This view (looking west) on November 9, 1967, is courtesy of the uncrewed Apollo 4 orbiting at 9,544 miles by a camera programmed to look out a window toward Earth and take pictures from "high apogee." contactlight.de forallmankind.de

9️⃣1️⃣ orbits ago, Carl Sagan was born, and the Cosmos was made a better place. #CarlSagan, November 9, 1934 contactlight.de forallmankind.de

Today marks the 87th anniversary of #Reichspogromnacht or Night of Broken Glass. November 9 began a dark chapter in Jewish & German history resulting in the Holocaust. #9November 1938 #KeinVergessen #KeinVerblassen #9Nov #Reichspogromnacht #Antisemitismus

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” —Dylan Thomas, October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953 contactlight.de forallmankind.de

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." #CarlSagan #space It's #CarlSaganDay Remembering Carl Sagan November 9, 1934 ~ December 20, 1996 The astronomer and author would be 91 years old today. contactlight.de

#Reichspogromnacht "It happened, and therefore it can happen again; that is the core of what we have to say." November 9, 1938 #9November #Pogromnacht #Reichspogromnacht #NiewiederistJetzt #NieWieder

Help me reach my goal to feed my hungry election workers on Election Day, Nov 4, 2025. They work so hard at busiest polling location in Harris County from 5:30 am til about 8:30 pm or later depending on the lines. ko-fi.com/poppynorthcutt

1/2 November 8 1939, Georg Elser, a German carpenter, almost changed the course of history. While celebrating the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch, Adolf Hitler narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Elser, who planted a time bomb near the speaker's platform. #GeorgElser

Apollo 4 Saturn V launcher on complex 39A (November 8, 1967) www.contactlight.de

Grumman was awarded the LEM contact on November 7, 1962. The first LEM flew on the uncrewed #Apollo5 mission on 22 January 1968. The first crewed Apollo mission with a LEM was #Apollo9 on 3 March 1969.

"When you're racing, you're living, everything else is just waiting." Steve McQueen March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980

He really was the king of cool Steve McQueen March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980

He really was the king of cool Steve McQueen March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980

Christoph Probst was 23 when he was murdered for being a member of an anti-Nazi resistance group >>the White Rose<< #otd Happy Birthday Christoph Probst November 6, 1919 - Februar 22, 1943 R.I.P

The almost full moon (waxing gibbous 94.5%) on Monday evening.

On this day 68 years ago - on November 3 1957 - the Soviet Sputnik 2 was launched into space, carrying Laika the Space Dog, the first living being to ever orbit Earth. Sputnik 2, with at the bottom the cabin where Laika was place. www.contactlight.de

November 2, 1998, died #OTD Mareta N. West. In 1940 she worked as an oil #geologist. She was the 1st woman hired by the American geological service in Arizona, also 1st woman astrogeologist & responsible for choosing the landing site of #Apollo11 contactlight.de

The Dog is an astronaut, the first animal launched into Earth orbit. It was launched into space on November 3, 1957, Laika was about three years old. Soviet tribute poster for Laika the space dog. contactlight.de

Laika, a dog from the streets of Moscow, was selected to be the occupant of Sputnik 2 that was launched into outer space on November 3, 1957 contactlight.de

it’s october 31! everybody say thank you michael jackson for giving birth to halloween and giving us the best halloween song of all time 🎃Happy Halloween! 🎃 Thriller, Michael Jackson 🫶💫

The 31st of October is a big day in the Collins family. Not only is it Halloween, but it is also Mike's and his daughter Ann’s, birthday. RIP Mike contactlight.de forallmankind.de

On October 30, 1964, Joe Walker, chief pilot at the NASA Flight Research Center, now NASA Armstrong, arrived at Edwards Air Force Base to conduct the first flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle. contactlight.de

On October 30, 1964 NASA research pilot Joe Walker climbed into a very strange contraption..... The first flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV), nicknamed the “flying bedstead” contactlight.de forallmankind.de

#OTD NASA's Joe Walker piloted the first test flight of Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) number 1 October 30, 1964. Here he is post first flight. contactlight.de forallmankind.de

October 29, 1998: Astronaut-turned-Senator John Glenn turns astronaut again launching aboard shuttle Discovery on STS-95. forallmankind.de contactlight.de

October 29, 1998: launch STS-95. Jim Kenaston, wishing John Glenn and fellow astronauts good luck, hangs a banner at Fat Boy’s Bar-B-Que, Cape C. contactlight.de

Ranger 6 impact on #Moon: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image from October 29, 2009 of the crater made by the impact of the unsuccessful Ranger 6 over 45 years earlier. contactlight.de

Firing Room 2 at Kennedy Space Center #OTD October 29 1969 during the Countdown Demonstration Test for Apollo 12. Firing Room 2 was hard at work preparing for the launch in 2 weeks. #Apollo12 forallmankind.de Contactlight.de

Dr. Robert R. Gilruth talks about the #Apollo6 unmanned mission's returned spacecraft during a visit to Houston by vice-presidential nominee Spiro T. Agnew. October 28, 1968 contactlight.de forallmankind.de

#Apollo14 astronauts "Ed” Mitchell and “Al” Shepard, aboard a KC-135 aircraft training with the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) on October 28, 1970. www-contactlight.de

Full Of Holiday Spirit Aka Wine

NO CROWNS - NO KINGS #NOKINGS

Happy Birthday to Roy Lichtenstein, who was born ##OTD 1923. ( 27. October 1923, American pop artist died 1997). "Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesnt look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself." contactlight.de

"National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 'Saturn' - World's largest known rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on October 27, 1961." contactlight.de

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” —Dylan Thomas, October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953 contactlight.de forallmankind.de

Saturn - October 27, 2004 Assembled using RGB filtered images taken by Cassini on October 27 2004. Rings are true color, Saturn is not. credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill