Posted on July 17, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA Langley and the Space Race
Neil Armstrong trained for the Apollo 11 mission at NASA Langley’s Lunar Landing Research Facility on equipment that cancelled all but one-sixth of Earth’s gravitational force. Armstrong offered perhaps the greatest tribute to the importance of his training when asked what it was like to land on the moon, replying, “Like Langley.”
July 17, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2tjeylH