an Apollo Command Module was launched aboard a Saturn IB rocket in mission AS-202. This mission was intended to immediately precede the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission, the AS-202 was unmanned ...

After Apollo 1, the space program continued with a ... Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham orbited the earth for ten days in an Apollo command-service module. Apollo 8: Lunar Orbit With the Lunar ...

1. Saturn V is still the largest and most ... The BBC's James Burke takes a look inside the Apollo Command Module Having left Earth, Apollo performed a mid-flight turn to dock with the Lunar ...

The Apollo IX mission test-flew the command module and lunar module together in ... though in the moon’s 1/6th gravity, that provided what felt like a light, speedy ride. Here, Apollo XVI ...

The first crewed flight that was meant to test going into orbit was Apollo 1 in 1967. But disaster struck during a test, when fire swept through the command module and killed three astronauts.

Day 1, Meal A, Apollo 11 (Red) National Air and Space Museum Kit, Medical Accessories, Command Module, Apollo 11 National Air and Space Museum Interval Timer, Apollo, unflown National Air and Space ...

A Rolex watch that was flown to the moon is now the most expensive astronaut timepiece to sell at auction. The personal ...

On October 11, 1968, NASA redefined the phrase “nothing is impossible” as they sent the first crewed fight to space. The Apollo 7 was the Apollo Program's first successful spacecraft, with its ...

A half-century after Apollo 11's Eagle lander kissed the Sea ... the astronauts dubbed the command module Charlie Brown and the lunar module Snoopy. As it happened, some four days into the mission ...

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