OTD in space - February 26: 1st launch of Saturn 1B rocket

On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, ...
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NASA’s Apollo 14 Mission Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean, Recovered 55 Years Ago

(NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard ...

Remembering Apollo 13’s Jim Lovell, the Most Down-to-Earth Astronaut

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.
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56 years ago, Huntsville-designed Saturn V rocket sent Apollo 10 into space for ‘dress rehearsal’ mission

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into space to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...
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Flight Data Container, R12, Command Module, Apollo 11

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Apollo 15 Lunar Module LM-10 Flight Controller Systems Handbook (Preliminary Copy)

This collection consists of one preliminary copy of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module LM-10 Flight Controller Systems Handbook, which consists mostly of tables and drawings. This preliminary copy was used in ...