Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Apollo 11 - Part 4 - The Landing & Moonwalk
And so, at last, it had happened.
"Tranquility Base here. The 'Haystack' has landed."
Not quite as evocative as the actual words, but the early NASA internal planning name for the 'Eagle' was indeed 'Haystack'. The Command Module, named 'Columbia' was referred to as 'Snowcone'. Good move to choose better names before announcing the mission to the world.
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