Steve Bales isn’t a known name like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But his bold ‘go’ decision during Apollo 11’s moon ...

16 x 20 cm. (6.3 x 7.9 in.) Though an Apollo 18 had initially been planned, the decision to scrap the project meant the ascent of Apollo 17’s LM “Challenger” also marked the end of all human visits to ...

Mattingly was originally going to pilot the spacecraft's command module, but was replaced with Swigert after a rubella scare. The mission went on to launch on April 11, 1970.

Mattingly flew to the moon as command module pilot for Apollo 16 but didn’t walk on the lunar surface. That mission capsule is on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center where visitors cluster ...

Ken Mattingly, right, aboard a command module training vessel in Houston in 1972 as he prepared for Apollo 16, the next-to-last manned mission to the moon. NASA ...

These two lunar programs had vastly different first missions. Apollo 1 was a crewed mission with Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.

Evans, the Command Module Pilot, along with five mice, orbited the Moon a record 75 times as his two crewmates descended to and explored the lunar surface. He was a Vietnam War fighter pilot.

NOT long after the world had followed the lunar adventures of Apollo 15’s crew – David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden – space-fans in Glasgow queued to to see the command module of the ...

Fellow NASA geeks! I’ve got a new video here from Tested in which Adam Savage checks out the original Apollo 11 Command Module. This thing is so cool! I’ve never had the opportunity to see this in ...

On July 26, 1971, at 9:34 am EDT, Apollo 15 lifted off the Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on the first true lunar exploration mission. Using an improved Lunar Module, the ...

FILE - In this June 19, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 command module pilot astronaut Michael Collins takes a break during training for the moon mission, in Cape Kennedy, Fla. Collins, who piloted the ...

He's quite a good artist, actually." In the Air and Space Museum, the Apollo 11 command module sits on display, a monument to one of the nation's greatest triumphs.