16 x 20 cm. (6.3 x 7.9 in.) Though an Apollo 18 had initially been planned, the decision to scrap the project meant the ascent of Apollo 17’s LM “Challenger” also marked the end of all human visits to ...

Object Details Summary This Apollo command module pressure model was part of a larger grouping built and used for wind tunnel testing conducted in the development stage of the Apollo program. The ...

The Apollo 11 Saturn V lifts off with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. on July 16, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida.

Object Details Manufacturer Revell, Inc. Summary This unassembled plastic model kit including models of three American spacecraft was built and sold by Revell, Inc. The models inside include a ...

For this exercise, the hardware is called Apollo Command and Service Module Shuttle, and it looks not unlike the real modules used during the Apollo missions, with a blend of Boeing Starliner and ...

The command module - a small conical shaped detachment containing all the flight controls and space for a three-person crew - was no larger that 3.9 meters at its base and 3.65 meters tall.

The Apollo 6 mission demonstrated that the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo spacecraft were ready to send astronauts into space. On top of the rocket was the Apollo Command and Service Module and a ...

James Burke and John Parry report from inside an Apollo space capsule simulator at the NASA space research centre in California.

The Apollo astronauts had one shot to fire their Lunar Module’s ascent engine and get back to the orbiting command and service module (which was the main spacecraft for lunar missions), or else ...

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.