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A Brief History of the Apollo Program

This was the designation that the crew wanted to use for the first test flight (originally called AS-204) of the Apollo command and service modules (CSM). On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire on the launch pad ...
Astronomy

Remembering Ken Mattingly, forever an Apollo hero

Ken Mattingly, a significant figure in the Apollo program and Space Shuttle missions, passed away at age 87, leaving only eight surviving astronauts who orbited the Moon. His career included serving ...
ExtremeTech

Remembering the Apollo I disaster, 50 years later

Fifty years ago today, three American astronauts died in a sudden, uncontrollable cabin fire aboard the Apollo I space capsule. The deaths of Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee could ...
SpaceRef

Report on Top-Level Assessment of Use of Apollo Systems for ISS CRV (part 1)

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 ...
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Command Module, Apollo 17

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 17 was the last lunar landing ...