On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott ...

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

With the Artemis II flight test on hold due to a Space Launch System rocket repair, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revised ...

In 1976 in a warehouse in Texas, Jimmie Loocke bought two tons of scrapped NASA equipment. Years later he realized it included a computer from an Apollo lunar module, like the one used to guide the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Lunar Module Ascent Engine was ...

China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

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