RR Auctions is putting hundreds of items up for bid as part of an auction of air and space memorabilia ranging from the Wright brothers to the present day. Amongst a number of standout items is ...

The Lunar Module Computer. Here's a challenge... Develop a system that can control a 13,000 kg spaceship, orbiting at 3,500 kilometres per hour around the moon, land it safely within metres of a ...

NASA and its contractors envisioned many ways that an Apollo mission might fail, trapping its crew on the moon's barren surface or in lunar orbit, 238,000 miles from home. Beyond Apollo blogger ...

The plan was to run the units on leftover fuel from Apollo’s landing craft, the Lunar Module (LM). The contracts’ recipients were Bell Aerosystems Company and North American Rockwell, both of ...

On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9 mission to test the first crewed Lunar Module spacecraft that would pave the way for future moon landings. See how the mission worked in photos here.

The lunar modules, such as Eagle from Apollo 11, not only got astronauts to the moon safely, but also provided critical backup oxygen and rations. 8 Lunar Module Ascent Stage ...

On April 13, 1970, Eugene F. Kranz, one of four Apollo 13 flight directors, communicates with Apollo 13 lunar module pilot Fred Haise in the fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 mission.

Lessons from Apollo 14. The Apollo program should be remembered as much for landing the first humans on the Moon as it is for countless demonstrations of problem solving and ingenuity, of ...