Fly Me To The Moon: 1968 and 2012
Top: The International Space Station flies over the face of the Moon as seen from Houston, Texas on 4 January 2012. Bottom: An Ares-1B spacecraft heads toward the Moon in the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” in 1968. Larger images
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– Astronauts At The Controls: 2010 Vs 2001, earlier post
– Photos: Fixing Antennas in Space – Today and in a Past Future, earlier post
– Photo: In The Cupola, Gazing Down at Earth From Orbit, earlier post
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