Apollo 9, 6 March 1969 Russell Schweickart’s photograph of David Scott in the command module hatch. Photograph: Nasa/JSC/ASU/Andy Saunders Nasa’s original moon mission photographs, kept locked in a ...

Forty years ago this week, mankind's attempts to land on the Moon took a giant leap forward with the maiden spaceflight of the Apollo Lunar Module. Continuing his series of essays for the 40th ...

Click to open image viewer. As part of the Apollo program, a number of so-called "boilerplate" (BP) command modules were constructed to undergo various tests and to serve as training vehicles for ...

Not all of the equipment carried into space was cutting edge and expensive. Some of the more humble odds and ends even prevented disaster. 18: Apollo spacecraft names The second American in space, Gus ...

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One of the Science Museum's greatest treasures – arguably the greatest treasure – is its Apollo 10 command module. The conical craft flew round the moon in 1969, just months before Neil, Buzz and Mike ...

Forty years ago this week, mankind's attempts to land on the Moon took a giant leap forward with the maiden spaceflight of the Apollo Lunar Module. Continuing his series of essays for the 40th ...