This video explores the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that transported astronauts to the Moon's surface. It covers the two primary components of the module: the descent stage, which contained ...

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

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was a private person. Therefore, when he spoke, it commanded attention. Here he ...

In the first week of March 1969, NASA's Apollo 9 mission saw the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) getting its first full orbital workout as the US sprinted the last lap of the race to be the first on ...

The Lunar Module Descent Engine was arguably the most technologically advanced piece of equipment on the Apollo-Saturn vehicle. All other systems were based on flight-proven technology. For a ...

Both the CM and SM had an independent RCS. The SM had four quads, which were groups of four rocket engines. Each engine could supply 100 pounds (445 newtons) of thrust. The CM had two six-engine ...

“The flight was extremely normal for the first 36 seconds, and after that it got very interesting," Conrad recalled in the ...

An Apollo Lunar Module was moved to the National Air and Space Museum's "Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall," re-opening in July 2016. ... equipment areas and a rocket engine.

The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. The upper ascent stage consisted of a pressurized crew ...

On April 20, 1972, two spacecraft danced in tight formation, high above a ubiquitous gray and tan lunar landscape. Aboard the Lunar Module (callsign Orion), astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke ...

The second was the Lunar Module ... Based on Blue Origin’s Blue Moon cargo lander and throttleable BE-7 LOX/hydrogen engine, the Descent Element has been under development for three years.