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The mission was also Tom Stafford's last spaceflight. The Apollo Command Module Pilot, Vance Brand, would go on to fly on ...
The module that propelled India’s moon lander toward the lunar surface is now close to home, according to the Indian Space Research Organization.
Why the Soviets Lost the Moon Race Even with a late start, cosmonauts might still have made the first lunar landing. But by the end of 1968, it was game over.
Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin took to space, successfully landing on the moon.
An earlier version of this obituary misstated the names, drawn from the “Peanuts” cartoon strip, that were given to the lunar module and the space capsule on NASA’s Apollo 10 mission in 1969.
A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off on Russia's first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land ahead of an Indian spacecraft.
Delivered to the Moon's orbit by Soviet spacecraft Luna 17 on November 15, the spacecraft made a soft landing in the Sea of Rains on November 17. Here, Lunokhod 1 made a grand entrance, rolling ...
Using 20 kN (4,500 lbf) of max trust, it would return to the same command module it used to transit to Lunar orbit. By the way, Roscosmos expected people to EVA between said command module and the LK.
A new, completely reimagined exhibition goes beyond the Cold War narrative to explore the full story of lunar landings Chris Klimek The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, the only part of the ...
India’s lunar lander consists of three parts: a lander, rover and propulsion module, which provided the spacecraft all the thrust required to traverse the 384,400-kilometer (238,855-mile) void ...
The descent engine on the Lunar Module, dubbed the Eagle, was running low on fuel and warning alarms were sounding as Armstrong shifted from computer control to manual piloting to avoid crashing ...