Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

Overview of the Apollo mission sequence—from Saturn V launch to lunar landing and splashdown. Launch (Saturn V): - Saturn V ...

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As the lunar module separated from the service module of Apollo 13, commander James A. Lovell Jr. got his first look at the damage. Lovell told NASA’s Mission Control, “There is one whole side of that ...

Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission to land men on the moon. It was launched by a Saturn V rocket Dec. 7, 1972, carrying Commander Eugene Cernan, command module pilot Ron Evans and lunar module ...

Videodisc Imagery Collection, Videodisc 6A Frame Captures, Acc. NASM.XXXX.1000.4610, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Material is subject to ...

Members of the Capt. Peter Chapman II Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, participated in a the virtual experience of a lifetime on Sept. 14 when they met with NASA astronaut legend, Fred Haise, ...

On July 26, 1971, NASA launched Apollo 15, the fourth successful mission to touch down on the moon. The Saturn V rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:34 a.m. The mission was intended for ...