Armstrong and Aldrin returned from their 21-hour 38-minute stay on the Moon to Collins using Eagle’s ascent engine, performing numerous science tasks during their return and even installing a seismometer to study Moon quakes long after they had left Earth. At the Sea of Tranquility, a computer alarm went off. Armstrong quickly switched over to…
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history in 1969 with their lunar landing of their LM-5 spacecraft on the moon, taking pictures, depositing rock samples on lunar surfaces, and installing scientific experiments which still send back data today. An independent researcher recently realized that it is possible that the Lunar Module’s ascent stage may not…
The Apollo missions were a series of space flights that culminates in the first human landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Around 650 million viewers worldwide witnessed Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin take their steps onto its surface for this momentous occasion. After departing Columbia, the astronauts entered Eagle and conducted three…
The Apollo Program led by NASA saw twelve Americans land on the Moon from 1969 to 1972, paving the way for human exploration of space for decades to come. This patch commemorated this momentous mission as well as reflecting its vision for human exploration. The image depicting an eagle holding an olive branch symbolized their…
Apollo 9 had two primary objectives. First was to test command module and lunar module rendezvous, docking and reentry functions in Earth orbit. To this end, several SPS engine firings took place along with tracking landmarks, experiments and photography tasks performed by its crew. Armstrong kept a cloth bag of LM parts hidden for decades…
Spacecraft are engineered to withstand the load it endures during launch and other possible events that might occur on its mission, while carrying payload such as cargo or science instruments that cover its costs. One example is the Psyche mission, which studies an asteroid believed to be left over from planet formation like Earth. Scientists…
Director Todd Douglas Miller crafts an engaging, inspiring film from newly discovered 65mm footage. From Walter Cronkite’s newscast oratory and frowning chain-smoking technicians in Mission Control – to massive crawler transporter hauling the Saturn V rocket from Cape Canaveral launch pad all the way back home – his picture is both grand in scale and…
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic landing of Earth’s natural satellite on July 20, 1969 was a triumphant achievement for America at the end of an eventful decade that had seen both revolution and warfare. The astronauts embarked upon their 2-and-a-half hour moonwalk, where they conducted experiments, photographed their surroundings, and set up an American…
Project Apollo was NASA’s second major effort to reach the Moon. Its primary objective was to land an astronaut crewed on its surface. Before that could happen, several key advances had to be made first – and Gemini provided training for these advancements, including showing astronauts could endure long space flights. Apollo 1 Apollo 1,…
