insert_link Tech Made Simple Here’s Where and How You Can Celebrate the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing’s 50th Anniversary Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the lunar surface, and the historic steps were taken by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The 50th anniversary of this monumental event is being celebrated this summer throughout the country. The mission was the 11th flight using Apollo equipment, with the goal (set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961) of a manned lunar […] todayJuly 17, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Lego Designed a Lunar Lander that can Fly! It’s not quite as challenging as actually landing a pair of astronauts on the moon, but aerospace engineer and talented toy hacker Adam Woodworth has managed to upgrade Lego’s Apollo 11 Lunar Lander set with all the motors and electronics needed to make it actually fly and recreate that memorable landing all over again. Lego’s official Apollo 11 anniversary set is pretty slick already, but Woodworth detailed the build […] todayJuly 11, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Lego Celebrates Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary with New Lunar Lander Set This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission (July 20th, specifically, for the actual date of the Moon landing itself), and Lego is already gearing up to celebrate with a new Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Lander Set, developed together with NASA. The set isn’t the first lunar lander from Lego — the company released one in 2003 in partnership with the Discovery Channel — but the new […] todayJune 5, 2019