- Apollo 11 Timeline - National Air and Space Museum
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, in a landing configuration, was photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Module Columbia July 20, 196917:44 UTC1:44 pm ET The lunar module with Armstrong and Aldrin aboard was undocked from the command module At 101:36 GET, the descent to the surface of the Moon began
- Apollo 1 - National Air and Space Museum
During a preflight test for what was to be the first crewed Apollo mission, a fire claimed the lives of three U S astronauts; Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee After the disaster, the mission was officially designated Apollo 1
- Apollo 11: The Moon Landing - National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 11 was one of 15 Apollo missions that took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s Learn more about the missions that paved the way for the Moon landing, and the missions where Americans returned to the Moon after
- Apollo 13 - National Air and Space Museum
When Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, it was intended to be the third Apollo mission to land on the Moon Unfortunately, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks crippled the spacecraft during flight and the crew were forced to orbit the Moon and return to Earth without landing
- The Apollo Missions - National Air and Space Museum
There were several missions during the Apollo program from 1961 to 1972 Humans landed on the moon during six missions, Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17
- Ten Scientific Discoveries from the Apollo Missions
The Apollo missions contributed more than putting humans on the Moon, it also produced a lot of new scientific data and discoveries which expanded our knowledge of both the Moon itself and our Solar System Here are ten of our top Apollo discoveries
- Apollo Guidance Computer and the First Silicon Chips
As the Apollo program took form in the early 1960s, NASA engineers always kept the safety of their astronauts at the fore in light of the enormous risks they knew were inherent in the goal of landing on the Moon and returning safely
- Buzz Aldrin - National Air and Space Museum
An iconic image One of the most reproduced NASA images, this photograph of an Apollo 11 astronaut on the Moon shows Buzz Aldrin Neil Armstrong served as photographer—he can be seen reflected in Aldrin’s visor Aldrin recalled Armstrong saying, “Stop and turn ” In this spontaneous picture, Aldrin’s arm is raised, perhaps to read the checklist sewn onto his left glove
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