Apollo 1 used the earliest "Block 1" version of the command module, which used nested outer and inner hatches for a tighter seal. When a fire broke out inside the spacecraft, the crew was unable ...

Though they spent the bulk of every Apollo mission mated as one spacecraft, the Apollo command-service module was actually two separate vehicles, only one of which came home.

Having left Earth, Apollo performed a mid-flight turn to dock with the Lunar Module, which was carried into space behind the Command Module, before turning again and heading for the Moon. 3.

The mission was also Tom Stafford's last spaceflight. The Apollo Command Module Pilot, Vance Brand, would go on to fly on ...

The service module provided power, propulsion and storage to the command module. It was cylindrical, at 24.6 feet (7.5 m) long and 12.8 feet (3.9 m) in diameter.

Keywords Skylab, Apollo Command Module, biomedical experiments, weightlessness, cardiovascular studies, exercise capacity, sleep patterns, waste management, astronaut health, long-duration ...

Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia," 1969. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins ...

Mini Museum. This specimen is a fragment of mission-flown kapton foil that lined the Apollo 11 command module.The command module was one of three components of the Apollo spacecraft, the other two ...

This year, one of the most important artifacts of the Space Age, the Columbia command module of the Apollo 11 mission, will leave its home at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for ...

Astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee were chosen to carry out a 14-day low orbital test of the Apollo Command/Service Module, with a launch date of Feb. 21 ...

Having left Earth, Apollo performed a mid-flight turn to dock with the Lunar Module, which was carried into space behind the Command Module, before turning again and heading for the Moon. 3.