When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prepared to ... Originally Lovell had been assigned to the Apollo 8 backup crew. But when Mike Collins had to drop out for surgery on his ...

when it was used for the Apollo 11 Mission Control. In a project that has taken over six years to complete, the iconic room is now complete with the exact items it once was filled with – from the ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

referred to as the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was one of the first digital computers used in space flight. It was designed to help crew members with navigation of the spacecraft, as well as ...

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As Apollo 8 emerged from the far side on its fourth orbit, crew commander Frank Borman rolled the spacecraft so as to position its antennas for radio contact with mission control. Looking to the ...