[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...
All but one of the Apollo program’s used lunar modules either crashed into the Moon’s surface or burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. Apollo 10’s lunar module, Snoopy, is still out there, drifting ...
A lack of planning left the astronauts scrambling the snap the iconic image in the nick of time – a monumental story we can ...
Click to open image viewer. This is the liquid propellant Lunar Module Ascent Engine. It was one of the most important in the manned Project Apollo missions since it was used to lift up the ascent ...
Buzz Aldrin's felt-tip pen sold for nearly $860,000 at auction. Discover how the marker saved the Apollo 11 moon mission.
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts placed a retroreflector array on the Moon, which continues to function beautifully after more than fifty years. Scientists utilize lasers to precisely gauge the distance ...