Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts deliberately crashed the lunar module’s empty ascent stage into the Moon to create a controlled seismic signal. The impact was detected by the Passive Seismic ...

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Anita Mitchell reflects on marriage to Edgar Mitchell, media pressure, and life on Earth during the Apollo 14 lunar mission.

The Apollo 15 lunar rover vehicle (LRV) was designed to fold into the lunar module, contrary to suggestions in posts online that the moon landings must have been faked because it would have been ...

A Dec. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a stealth bomber in flight and another image of the bulky Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon's surface. The bomber is labeled, ...

India's latest space mission completed a key step in the country's second attempt at a lunar landing, with its Moon module separating from its propulsion section on Thursday. The Indian Space Research ...

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The Apollo 11 lunar module is on the left, at its forever resting spot on the Moon. On the right is Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 Moonwalk on July 20, 1969. The famous portrait was captured by ...

An interplay of light and shadows cast the docking ports for Gateway, humanity's first space station around the moon, into sharp relief. Built by NASA commercial partner Northrup Grumman, HALO ...

Lunar module expert Paul Fjeld shares details of the MESA—Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly—on the Lunar Module (LM-2) at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The MESA is affixed ...

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