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.

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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 ...

Michael Collins, pilot of command module on historic Apollo 11 lunar mission, dies at 90 Rosalba O’Brien Reuters Published April 28, 2021 Updated April 29, 2021 ...

The command module performed so well that NASA felt confident in making a bold move — sending Apollo 8 all the way around the moon in December. Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbit test of the lunar module.

Here’s how it works. Apollo 7 lunar module pilot Walter Cunningham works inside the command module during the 11-day October 1968 mission.(Image credit: NASA) ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Apollo 13, the third scheduled manned ...

Drop testing of an Apollo command module prototype at the North American Aviation facility in Downey, Calif., November 1964. A large water tank and 150-foot drop tower were used to test the capsules.