Tag Archives: Apollo Applications Program

NASA’s Manned Venus Orbital Mission

Posted on June 1, 2012 by asteitel

In the late 1960s, NASA was considering future applications for its Apollo hardware under the aptly named Apollo Applications program. One popular target for an AAP mission was Venus, our cosmic neighbour that was a scientific enigma at the time; … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Manned Mission to Venus

Posted on December 3, 2011 by asteitel

In the mid-1960s, NASA was already looking ahead to what it would do after the Apollo program. Where could the organization send astronauts after the moon that would make use of everything it had learned getting them to our satellite? … Continue reading →

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What to Do After the Moon?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by asteitel

In previous posts I’ve mentioned, albeit in passing, the Apollo Applications Program (AAP) – it was one of the possible applications of the Rogallo paraglider wing after the system was cancelled from the Gemini program in 1964. AAP was the … Continue reading →

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