The Apollo 11 command module splashed down on July 24, 1969. (Left) A helicopter hovers over the inverted command module shortly after splashdown. (Right) Astronauts Neil Armstrong, ...

The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar-landing mission. This Command Module, no. 107, manufactured by North ...

The Apollo 11 command module splashed down on July 24, 1969. (Left) A helicopter hovers over the inverted command module shortly after splashdown. (Right) Astronauts Neil Armstrong, ...

The Apollo 11 command module Columbia, shown here on a temporary cradle, which is set for a tour of the US. Eric Long/National Air and Space Museum. View 10 Images 1 / 10.

Apollo 11 Command Module Makes Another Journey The command module “Columbia” will visit four U.S. museums, leaving DC for the first time in 46 years. Jackson Landers. February 22, 2017.

Apollo 11 Command Module computer Watch on The two produced an iPhone and demonstrated the 3-D display of the museum’s 1903 Wright Flyer , which, like the Apollo module, was done in ...

The biggest artifact from Apollo 11 is the Columbia Command Module, which falls under the oversight of Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp, who curates the Museum's social and cultural dimensions of ...

Cincinnati is the fifth and final stop for the historic command module before it returns to the National Air and Space Museum. It's the only portion of the historic Apollo 11 spacecraft to return ...

The Apollo 11 command module Columbia is being prepared for a nationwide tour to the cities of Houston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Seattle, where it will serve as the centerpiece in an exhibit ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface.

It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according to two engineers who were part of the effort.