Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Issam Al-Nimr, is the Palestinian space scientist who was able to raise the name of the city of Jenin on the surface of the moon, in a true story that was hidden by the media, to reveal its details recently.
Issam Al-Nimr, a Palestinian scientist from the city of Jenin , joined the US space agency "NASA" in the year 1968, and took charge of the tests of some spacecraft before they launched to the moon, and he was among the people who had the honor of giving the final signal to launch the "Apollo 11" vehicle that It was the first spacecraft to land on the moon in 1969.
Before the launch of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, Issam handed the spacecraft a stone from the city of Jenin with the name of the city written on it, asking them to leave it on the surface of the moon, which was the case.
The Jenin municipality library keeps a photo dedicated to the people of Jenin , signed by the three Apollo 11 astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Bobsledron, and Michael Collins. It was presented by Al-Nimr to the municipality of Jenin on his first visit to his homeland, Palestine, in 1972.
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