The Apollo spacecraft, designed by NASA for the iconic Apollo missions, played a pivotal role in one of humanity’s greatest ...

The Apollo spacecraft, developed by NASA for the legendary Moon missions, was made up of three key components: the Command ...

Some were lost during missions, others deliberately dumped, all of them now part of the growing problem of space debris.

S69-34328 (17 May 1969) — Ground level view of the 363-feet tall Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo ...

In 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon. It was the final Apollo lunar landing. Ron Evans was the command module pilot and Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walked on the surface during the mission.

16 x 20 cm. (6.3 x 7.9 in.) Though an Apollo 18 had initially been planned, the decision to scrap the project meant the ascent of Apollo 17’s LM “Challenger” also marked the end of all human visits to ...

Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit while astronauts Schmitt and Eugene A. Cernan, commander, descended in the Lunar ...

The above photo, taken on that day, shows Apollo 17 in the Pacific after its successful return to Earth. In the background is Ticonderoga, where astronauts Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt and Eugene ...

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 ...

Fifty years ago, Apollo 17’s command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on December 19, 1972 with Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ron Evans landing safely back home on Earth after a ...

The Apollo 17 command module America makes a perfect splashdown in the Pacific south of Pago Pago Tuesday Dec. 19, 1972, at the end of the final lunar mission of the Apollo series.