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Practice makes perfect. Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin go through the steps with the Lunar Lander during preparation for Apollo 11, 1969. Backup crew for the first mission to the moon were Jim Lovell, Fred Haise & William Anders. Armstrong & Aldrin spent 21 & ½ hours at Tranquility Base before joining Command Module Pilot Michael Collins who was in lunar orbit in Columbia.
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Dreams of tomorrow
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Fifty years ago today, humanity set foot for the first time on an unknown world 250,000 miles away–a place considered equally mysterious and unattainable for so long throughout human history.
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While I wasn’t alive in 1969, I find myself longing for a time when boundaries between countries dissolve and we’re all united as humans in a moment that captures our imaginations. Because our curiosity and awe and wonder for space is innate to who we are. I can’t help but wonder when and where our next moment of equal magnitude will be, but I do hope it happens soon.
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The SanDiego Air & Space Museum (@sandiegoairandspace) honors the legacy of pilots and #astronauts who dared to explore. From man’s first flight to the @NASA space age, this history is charted with interactive #exhibits.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary moon landing of #Apollo11, the @usnatarchives featured some of its historical records. The #Eagle landed on July 20, 1969.
Read more of our field notes at 70degrees.org/san-diego-air-space-museum.
#fbf #flashbackfriday #fieldnotes #fieldnotefriday #history #archive #preserve #exhibit (at San Diego Air & Space Museum)
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the moon landing was a hoax , the first creature to actually land on the moon was an owl named Wingstrong.
“That’s one small step for owl, one giant leap for avian kind.”
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In 1969, millions of people around the world watched on TV as Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong took his historic step into the pages of history.
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Žižkov Television Tower. Václav Aulický + Jiří Kozák
One of the most authentic TV towers ever built in Europe is Žižkov Television Tower in Prague. Designed in 1985 by architect Václav Aulický and structural engineer Jiří Kozák, built between 1985-1992, it began transmitting signal since1992 until 2012, year in which they switched to digital TV broadcasting and removed the old analogue broadcast equipment installing a datacenter on its free space.
The Structure
The tower stands 216 metres (709 feet) high, there’s no doubt is the tallest building in the skyline of Žižkov district and in the city of Prague. The structure of the tower is the key of its uniqueness, it is based on a triangle module whose corners rise in steel columns, consisting of three tubes with a double steel wall filled with concrete.
They support nine ‘pods’, organized in triades along three levels, and three decks for transmitting equipment. One of the three pillars extends considerably higher than the others, providing the necessary height for antennas. This particular combination gives its effect as a structure’s rocket and gantry appearance. In its time it was a unique technology, which authors have patented.
There are two elevators to transport passengers at a speed of 4 m/s. and a third one elevator works also as a service lift.
Foundations are 15 m. deep, consists on a circular concrete slab, 1,20m. (4 feet) thick and 30 meters diameter.
The Pods
Three of the pods, positioned directly beneath the decks at the top of the tower, are used for equipment related to the tower’s primary function and are inaccessible to the public. The remaining six pods are open to visitors, providing a panoramic view of Prague and the surrounding area. Altitude of the observatory is 93 m, the entire floor is dedicated to relaxation from where you can see Prague in its fullness. The hotel room altitude is 70 m and the lower one at 63 metres (207 feet) you’ll find a recently refurbished restaurant and café bar with a capacity for 180 people.
Babie Sculptures
Ten giant sculptures of babies created by leading Czech artist David Černý crawl all over the outside of the tower. According to his concept, the babies of an uncertain future would all have the same DNA and consequently they would all be equall, that’s why the babies are faceless, it sounds unbelievable but who knows.
Žižkov tower model
High-tech in the communist-era
This is an example of high-tech architecture at earlier stages built in communist-era in Central and Eastern Europe, although this tower was critized by its local inhabitants during its construction, since then till now the tower attracts a lot of visitors to enjoy the skyline in a city full of historical buildings.
+ Žižkov tower 35 years in 2020
Images by arquigraph, Městská část Praha 3 & České Radiokomunikace / CRA and wiki arquitectura
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