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, ...

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 ...

Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. In the ...

Apollo mission commanders, primarily focused on mission duties, generally exhibited minimal post-flight personality changes. In contrast, lunar module pilots frequently experienced significant ...

Fifty-five years ago today, humans landed on the Moon. On the mission were three American pilots, all military pilots who had served as combat or test pilots before heading to space. Apollo 11’s lunar ...

BETHPAGE, N.Y. -- John Devaney and his colleagues weren't exactly sure what Neil Armstrong would set foot on when he climbed down the ladder of the lunar module to the surface of the moon. "We didn't ...

Bill Piccinni, 67, was riding his bike by the Franklin Institute when something halted his pedaling. The lunar module looked as if King Kong had ripped it in half, he said. Concerned, he asked Curious ...

On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were about ...

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft experienced an unexpected extension in its lunar orbit due to a gravitational interaction ...

Lunar module pilots Charlie Duke, Harrison Schmitt and Rusty Schweickart served as 2023 grand marshals in Washington, DC parade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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