The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit ...
On Jan. 22, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 5, marking the first time the Apollo Lunar Module flew in space and a critical step toward landing astronauts on the Moon.
NASA is poised to send astronauts around the moon and back for the first time in more than 50 years.
This video features stunning animations related to the Lunar Module (LM) and includes real-life images courtesy of NASA.
Artemis II will flight-test Orion and the Space Launch System, introducing integrated spacecraft, rocket, and life-support systems designed for sustained human travel beyond low Earth orbit.
"It was the kind of thing that only happens once in your life," Kranz said. As millions around the world watched the first lunar landing attempt, the employees at NASA's mission control center in ...
A magnificent photograph of lunar module pilot Jim Irwin saluting the American flag at the Hadley-Apennine landing site during Apollo 15. The lunar module and rover appear behind him, to his left, in ...