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Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, with the goal of demonstrating the capabilities of the command and service module and its crew. While the command module was designed to get the astronauts from the ...
A small team (Appendix 1) was chartered by NASA to make a top-level assessment of the viability of using the Apollo Command and Service Modules the basis for a Crew Return Vehicle, and potentially for ...
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 16, the fifth manned lunar ...
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 were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a ...
Before that “giant leap for mankind” 40 years ago today, a hundred-thousand small steps guided American astronauts toward the moon. Many of those steps originated in the Southland. KPCC’s Washington ...
Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.