On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and ...
The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit ...
All Apollo lunar modules, except for Apollo 10's "Snoopy," either impacted the lunar surface or disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere. Apollo 10's lunar module, "Snoopy," was jettisoned and intended to ...
A Feb. 21 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of an astronaut standing on the moon near an American flag, a lunar module and a lunar rover. “How did the moon buggy fit inside the ...
A Dec. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a stealth bomber in flight and another image of the bulky Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon's surface. The bomber is labeled, ...
On Jan. 28, 2024, the X account Historic Videos shared footage of Apollo 17 astronauts launching from the lunar surface on Dec. 14 1972. The video, which was taken from outside the spacecraft and ...
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In a nutshell: NASA recently tested a scale mockup of an elevator designed to help astronauts get from the lunar lander to the surface of the Moon. The Starship landing system will be used to ...
When spacecraft land on the moon, their engines unleash huge clouds of dust and debris that can damage expensive equipment and threaten future lunar bases. As space agencies plan to establish a ...