The original title of this was What Does 239,000 Miles Look Like?, but as with just about everything I write, it sort of evolved from being a simple question to wondering about the sheer scale of distances involved in our solar system. It is often…
On July 20th, 1969 at 20:17 UTC, Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle onto the surface of the Moon while Command Module Pilot Mike Collins orbited above in Columbus. At 02:56 UTC the following morning, Armstrong…
