National Astronaut Day 2021: Inspiring Quotes To Share On This Occasion
05/05/21 AT 8:09 AM
National Astronaut Day is celebrated every year on May 5 to honor those who travel to outer space and bring back knowledge about the vast unknown.
On this day in 1961, astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. became the first American in space aboard the Freedom 7 Space capsule. The milestone achievement led to the creation of the day to celebrate the success of the heroes. Here are some quotes, courtesy keepinspiring.me, to share on this day.
1. “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.”– Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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Fifty years ago today, on January 31, 1971, at 4:03 pm EST, a Saturn V rocket lifted off from Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center carrying Apollo 14 – the Moon mission that would make or break the US space program.
If Apollo 14 is remembered at all by most people, it s mainly as the answer to trivia questions like, who was the oldest man to walk on the Moon, or what is the longest lunar golf drive? But it was far more than that. Arguably, it was one of the most important of all the Apollo lunar landing missions, with the possible exception of Apollo 11.