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Astronaut Alan Shepard with a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle

Mission Commander Alan Shepard (1923-1998), the only Mercury Seven astronaut to walk on the Moon, standing near a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The LLTV was used to practice Moon landings,…

Tags: Al Shepard; Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.; Alan Shepard; Apollo 14; astronauts; Houston, Texas; Johnson Space Center; LLTV; Lunar Landing Training Vehicle; Lunar Training Vehicle; Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; space; training

Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong Practicing Moon Landing

At Ellington Air Force Base (originally called Ellington Field) in Houston, Texas, Mission Commander Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) practicing the moon landing with the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV). Apollo 11 was the first space mission where…

Tags: Apollo 11; Apollo Project; astronauts; Ellington AFB; Ellington Air Force Base; Houston, Texas; LLTV; Lunar Landing Training Vehicle; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Neil Alden Armstrong; Neil Armstrong; Project Apollo; space

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