On February 5, 1971, two Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon! Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard and the lunar module pilot ...

Discover the Apollo Lunar Module (LM), the spacecraft that transported astronauts to the moon's surface. This video provides an inside look at the module's two main parts: the ascent stage, which ...

[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 ...

“Space education is a great vehicle for learning.” ...

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 ...

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Houston, we have ... an IMAX release. More than 55 years ago, three astronauts en route to the moon had to abandon their dreams of reaching the lunar surface when their spacecraft encountered some ...

A magnificent photograph of lunar module pilot Jim Irwin saluting the American flag at the Hadley-Apennine landing site during Apollo 15. The lunar module and rover appear behind him, to his left, in ...