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 ...

Apollo The three astronauts sat in the Command Module. Behind came the Service Module containing engines, fuel tanks and fuel cells. The Lunar Module ...

The service module might have powered the Apollo missions, but it was never meant to return home. Instead, it was the workhorse of the Apollo mission. It gave life to the nerve centre of the ...

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.

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 ...

Available just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, this specimen is a fragment of mission-flown kapton foil that lined the Apollo 11 command module. The command module was ...

The astronauts were strapped into bench-like "couches" during launch and landing in the Command Module, which measured 3.9m (12.8ft) at its widest point. It was no place for the claustrophobic.