** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

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As we wait for the 6th of August landing on Mars a little background on the long journey:


So where are we now?

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Only another 138 days to go!
 
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/commun...ns-apollo-11-rocket-engine-recovery-10025767/

A team led by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has located the rocket engines that first sent people to the Moon, and plans to recover at least one engine from the depths of the Atlantic.

The Apollo 11 mission, which put astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface in 1969, took off with the aid of five F1 engines that plunged into the ocean after lift-off. On Wednesday, space enthusiast Bezos said his team had become the first to find the rockets.

Hopefully should make a good program like Gus Grissoms mercury capsule recovery which had Gunther Wendt onboard.
 
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