Pieces of History
In case it doesn’t ring a bell, Apollo 11 was the spacecraft that made the first moon landing in 1969. When a rocket launches into space, it necessarily sheds parts of its thrusters, called the booster engines, and they fall away into the sea. This is normal; their job is done, so the ship must get rid of them.
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Because Apollo 11 holds such an important place in human history, scientists recently decided to attempt to locate every piece of the famed shuttle that they could find. Remarkably, thanks to the help of the latest technology and billionaire Jeff Bezos, they recovered hundreds of components. These may seem small to us, but they are huge to humanity!