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Apr 11, 1970 · When Apollo 13 launched on April 11th, 1970 it was intended to be the third Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Unfortunately, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks seriously damaged the spacecraft during flight and the crew were forced to fly by the Moon, using its gravity to send the spacecraft back to Earth without carrying out a lunar ...
Apollo 8's success paved the way for Apollo 11, the first human landing on the Moon. All three astronauts shared stories about their careers and the Apollo 8 mission in this program, recorded on November 13, 2008, at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. This event is made possible by the generous support of The Boeing Company.
Command Module, Columbia. The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their historic voyage. During the journey to and from the Moon, Columbia —its interior space about as roomy as a large automobile—served as main quarters for the astronauts, a place for working and ...
What’s New in Aerospace: Pete Conrad and Apollo 12: "If you can’t be good, be colorful." Join Museum curator Dr. Teasel Muir–Harmony and Nancy Conrad, wife of Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad and founder of the Conrad Foundation for a conversation about Apollo 12.
Launched on the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle, the Apollo 5 mission lifted off on January 22nd, 1968, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Similar to Apollo 4 and 6, Apollo 5 was an uncrewed flight with the goal of testing key Apollo Program technology. The primary mission objective for the Apollo 5 mission was to test the Apollo lunar module's (LM ...
On July 20, 1969, a human walked on the Moon for the first time. Relive the full journey to and from the the Moon with the timeline below. Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A. July 16, 1969. 13:32:00 UTC (Universal Coordinated Time)
Apollo 1. During a preflight test on January 27, 1967 for what was to be the first crewed Apollo mission, a fire claimed the lives of three U.S. astronauts; Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. After the disaster, the mission, which has previously been referred to as Apollo-Saturn 204 (AS-204), was officially designated Apollo 1, which was ...
Mar 9, 2016 · Landing a lunar module on the Moon wasn’t easy, and this shows the force of impact of just one of the four lander legs on Apollo 14. 9. Color. Colors on the Moon are far more than the gray/silver we see from Earth. Samples and images from Apollo 17 show the diversity of colors on the Moon, including orange, brown, tan, gray-purple, and blue ...
The Environmental Control Systems and the Crew Life Support Systems in the spacecraft provided the crews with oxygen, water, and food. The atmosphere in the Apollo spacecraft was 100% oxygen, at a pressure of five pounds per square inch. The oxygen system constantly added fresh oxygen to the cabin to replenish that breathed by the crew.
Apr 16, 1972 · 8.97301° S latitude, 15.49812° E longitude. The location of the Apollo 16 landing site on the moon, where anorthosite, or lunar highland, rocks were collected. Apollo 16 astronauts explored the Descartes region, the first opportunity to explore the lunar highlands. The site was some 2,250 meters (7,400 feet) higher than the Apollo 11 site.
