The Last Moon Shot
Explanation:
In 1865
Jules
Verne predicted the invention of a space capsule that
could carry people.
In his science fiction story
"From
the Earth to the Moon", he outlined his vision of
a cannon in Florida so powerful that it could shoot a
"Projectile-Vehicle" carrying three adventurers
to the Moon.
Over 100 years later,
NASA,
guided by
Wernher Von Braun's vision, produced the
Saturn V rocket.
From a
spaceport in Florida,
this rocket turned Verne's fiction
into fact,
launching 9 Apollo Lunar missions and allowing 12 astronauts
to
walk on the Moon.
Pictured is
the last moon shot,
Apollo 17, awaiting its
December 1972 night launch.
Spotlights play on the rocket and launch pad
at dusk.
Humans have not
walked on on the lunar surface since.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
