Exhibits in the Exploring Space gallery include a piece of the Moon and real space rockets suspended from the ceiling and Making the Modern World holds items like the Apollo 10 command module.

Philip Garrant, commander of the Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), said in a Monday ... “Space control is a new function for our fledgling service and it’s my No. 1 priority ...

The gender gap in pay has slightly narrowed in the United States over the past 20 years or so. In 2024, women earned an average of 85% of what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center analysis ...

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched ... They tested the lunar module’s engines and navigation systems. They also practiced docking and undocking the command module and the lunar module in ...

📚️ A repository for showcasing my knowledge of the Apollo Guidance Computer programming language, and continuing to learn the language.

Meanwhile, Roosa remained in orbit aboard the Command and Service Module, conducting scientific research and capturing images of the Moon, including the site where Apollo 16 would later land.

You will see the Apollo 9’s Saturn V modules on the strap in docking mode. After having flown independently in space, the lunar module was upside down and connected to the command and service module.

Both stages of the Saturn IB rocket performed well and the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM) was placed in its suborbital trajectory, with a peak altitude of 488 km. A camera mounted inside ...

About a month ago, this operational experience helped secure Axiom’s selection by NASA to develop a new habitable module for the US side of the Station by 2024. While the agreement technically ...