As originally planned the Apollo Program was an initial reconnaissance of the lunar surface to be followed by more intensive exploration of the moon and experimentation in lunar and Earth orbit. This ...

San Diego Air & Space Museum. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Those who planned, ran, and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the ...

[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 ...

The Apollo 204 accident and its investigation resulted in substantial changes in the program with resultant impacts on cost and schedules. The principal schedule changes and the cost impact of the ...

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the ...

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

While landing humans on the moon was indeed historic and the boot-kicked lunar dust has settled, perhaps that achievement had more of an impact on society than we realized. When you purchase through ...

Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a series of tests with the lunar lander. What it lacked in glory it made up for in technological contributions. By Kenneth ...