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The Apollo Spacecraft : How NASA Conquered the Moon with Cutting-Edge Technology
The Apollo spacecraft, designed by NASA for the iconic Apollo missions, played a pivotal role in one of humanity’s greatest ...
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The Lunar Module: What Was Inside the Apollo Spacecraft That Took Astronauts to the Moon?
The Lunar Module (LM) was a key part of NASA’s Apollo program, responsible for carrying astronauts from lunar orbit to the ...
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Lunar Module LM-2 - National Air and Space Museum
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 ...
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Apollo Lunar Module Diagram - National Air and Space Museum
During the Apollo program some modifications were made to the Lunar Module. This diagram shows the configuration for the modules on Apollos 15, 16, 17--the only missions to carry a Lunar Roving ...
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50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes
More Amazingly, the samples of material from the moon retrieved by the Apollo missions are still providing new insights more than 50 years later, in this case how tiny glass beads that litter the ...