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This video explores the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that transported astronauts to the Moon's surface. It covers the two primary components of the module: the descent stage, which contained ...

The 1972 Apollo 17 lunar module’s ascent from the Moon was captured by a camera mounted on a rover left behind on the lunar surface and controlled from Earth, although social media posts are using the ...

The Apollo program was made possible by many contractors and government agencies throughout the United States. There were significant concentrations of effort in many regions, one of which was Western ...

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a joint session of Congress that America “should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon.” He ...

As printed on the reverse of the present image: "The Apollo 11 lunar module ascent stage photographed from the command and service module during rendezvous in lunar orbit. The LM was making its ...

Click to open image viewer. This is the Lunar Module Ascent Engine, one of the most important in the manned Apollo missions. It was used to lift up the ascent stage of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) ...