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Witness the intricate steps of the Apollo docking sequence in this comprehensive video, showcasing how the Command Module (CM ...
The Apollo spacecraft was designed to carry astronauts to the Moon and back, with two key components: the Command/Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM). In this video, we’ll explore how each ...
Learn about the iconic figures, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first humans on the Moon, during the historic Apollo 11 ...
On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9 mission to test the first crewed Lunar Module spacecraft that would pave the way for future moon landings. See how the mission worked in photos here.
A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM) "Spider" in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on March 7, 1969, the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth ...
The lunar module came to within 8 and a half miles of the lunar surface during practice maneuvers. Here: The Apollo 10 Command Module orbiting the moon, May 1969. read more ...
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has Lunar Module 2 in its collection. The module, which was used for ground testing before the Apollo 11 mission, doesn’t even look like it would fly.
The Apollo 11 lunar module traveled through space after being propelled toward the moon by a powerful rocket. Astronauts made the journey in a different, attached module − called the command module.
“Both the Apollo Command Module (CM) and Lunar Module (LM) were humankind’s first fly-by-wire aircraft. ” — I don’t know if they were the first implementations of fly-by-wire, ...
Three former Apollo-era flight controllers and engineers discussed the design and development of the lunar module, and how it operated during the Apollo 11 Moon landing. This panel was part of an ...
The Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) was conceived as the mothership — the spacecraft that would keep the crew alive throughout the lunar mission all the way to splashdown.