A NASA-published volume traces the history of human lunar lander concepts developed since Apollo’s Lunar Module (LM). After LM – NASA Lunar Lander Concepts Beyond Apollo tells the story of ...

After touchdown and acquiring lunar soil samples, the ascent module used the descent module ... reminiscent of the early Earth orbit rendezvous concepts. Though not as fuel efficient, the strategy ...

Think pre-Apollo concepts of space travel ... while a lightweight lunar module, designed solely to land and return from the lunar surface, made the descent. The catch? Astronauts, circling ...

The company confirmed the viability of several concepts, as well as laying down ... If you look at the old Apollo Lunar Module, you’ll notice that the Ascent Stage (which sits on top) is the ...

An upcoming NASA procurement will seek proposals for integrated lunar lander concepts, and not just the ... lander” that includes an ascent module as well as a descent module and transfer ...

A Dec. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a stealth bomber in flight and another image of the bulky Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon's surface. The bomber is labeled ...

The lunar module, known as Eagle, was left in lunar orbit after it rendezvoused with the command module Collins was in the next day and Eagle eventually landed back on the moon’s surface.

A Feb. 21 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of an astronaut standing on the moon near an American flag, a lunar module and a lunar rover. “How did the moon buggy fit insid ...

Come see inside the Lunar Module using 3D animation. The Apollo Lunar Module was the part of the Apollo Spacecraft that landed on the moon. The LM was split up into two parts - the ascent stage ...

The move aims to test how the growing space power might one day return samples of lunar soil. The propulsion module had more fuel left over than the Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO ...