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The Crazy Things Astronauts Did to Survive the First Moon Landing | Apollo

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Channel: Seeker
Categories: Astronomy   |   Science  
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NASA’s first astronauts were pushed to dangerous and deadly extremes while training to survive on the Moon.

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Apollo 11's Scariest Moments: Perils of the 1st Manned Moon Landing
https://www.space.com/26593-apollo-11-moon-landing-scariest-moments.html
“Most people knew that going to the moon was risky. Some outside of Mission Control, listening to the tense communication between the astronauts and Houston, understood what some of the urgency meant. But few, very few, knew the scope of the dangers that the crew faced. These were no longer theoretical; they were being played out in space at that very moment.”

50 Years Ago: Armstrong Survives Training Crash
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-armstrong-survives-training-crash
“One of the most difficult tasks to accomplish President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth was the actual lunar landing. Astronauts used several tools to train for the landing, and possibly the most critical was the LLRV and its successor the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV).”

Vomit Comet: Training Flights for Astronauts
https://www.space.com/37942-vomit-comet.html
“In 1957, astronauts began training on planes that simulate weightlessness by making roller-coaster-like maneuvers in the air. The simulation makes some passengers nauseous, which inspired the nickname "Vomit Comet.””
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