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The lunar lander jet, how a strange VTOL aircraft trained NASA astronauts to land on the moon

During the Cold War, an unusual experimental jet became a critical training tool for NASA, allowing astronauts to rehearse lunar landing techniques years before Apollo. Flown by Neil Armstrong himself ...
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Lunex, the US Air Force’s secret plan to land on the moon first and build an underground military base

In the wake of Sputnik, the U.S. Air Force explored a hidden path to the Moon, not for science, but for strategic high ground, including plans for an underground base and a rapid 1967 landing. This ...