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December 11th: Humans Land on the Moon for the Last Time to Date

December 11, 2011 Daven Hiskey

This Day In History: December 11, 1972 On this day in history, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan landed on the moon, becoming the last human beings to walk on the moon. Throughout the Apollo missions which spanned from 1961 to 1972, a total of 24 people journeyed to the moon with twelve of them getting to […]

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Tang was Not Invented for the Space Program

January 27, 2011 Daven Hiskey

Myth: Tang was invented for the NASA space program. In fact, Tang was actually invented by chemist and occasional playwright William A. Mitchell in 1957 while he was working for General Foods. General Foods introduced Tang to the public in powder form in 1959, but it wasn’t popular initially. This changed when NASA decided to use it in 1962 during […]

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December 11th: Humans Land on the Moon for the Last Time to Date

Tang was Not Invented for the Space Program