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The crew for Apollo 13 consisted of Commander Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert, and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise. This was not the original plan, however.
This view of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module, taken on July 30, 1971, shows the craft in lunar orbit. It offers an opportunity to observe the open bay where panoramic and mapping cameras were ...
The Smithsonian is commemorating the anniversary of the first moon landing with new exhibits of Apollo 11 artifacts and a virtual display of the Columbia module.
The replica Apollo command module control panel features every switch, knob and indicator as the original, based on the blueprints for and 3D scans of the historic NASA spacecraft.
Michael Collins, pilot of command module on historic Apollo 11 lunar mission, dies at 90. Rosalba O’Brien. Reuters. Published April 28, 2021Updated April 29, 2021.
Apollo 13, the third scheduled manned lunar landing, was launched on April 11, 1970, from Kennedy Space Center. The crewmembers were Commander James Lovell, Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, and Command ...
It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according to two engineers who were part of the effort.
Michael Collins—a two-time astronaut who piloted the command module during the historic Apollo 11 mission that landed the first humans on the Moon—died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his ...
The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin ...