The Apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the American Apollo program's goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end of the 1960s and returning them safely to Earth.

Apollo 17 S-IVB rocket stage, shortly after transposition and docking with the Lunar Module. Unlike the two-plane separation of the S-IC and S-II, the S-II and S-IVB stages separated with a single step.

Explore the significant strides in rocket engineering spurred by NASA's Apollo Program. Delve into the innovations in rocket design, safety enhancements, navigational advancements, and the legacy of the Lunar Roving Vehicle that paved the way for modern space exploration endeavors.

Jul 17, 2019 · To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, take a look at these space-age schematics, unearthed on Reddit, that explain the gear that took us to the Moon.

Central to the Apollo Program’s success was the Saturn V rocket, a behemoth designed and constructed by a team led by Wernher von Braun, a pioneer in rocket technology. This rocket, standing taller than a 36-story building, remains the most powerful ever built.

Oct 17, 2018 · Saturn V rockets carried six more moon missions into space: Apollos 12 through 17, between 1969 and 1972. A two-stage Saturn V also lifted the Skylab space station into orbit in May 1973.

Dec 29, 2023 · Project Apollo Technical Diagrams. This series of diagrams should be especially interesting and useful for modelers and other space enthusiasts who want to see "blueprints" of the Project Apollo spacecraft. Special thanks to Kipp Teague and Chris Gamble, who have scanned the images.

Jun 20, 2019 · Changing requirements, trial and error, and outside-the-box thinking were all behind the design of the crafts that carried Apollo astronauts to the Moon and back.

Aug 9, 2024 · The RETF began testing on Aug. 15, 1957, with the successful firing of a 20,000-pound thrust rocket engine operating on regular rocket propellant and liquid oxygen. Almost immediately, however, the engineers began taking steps to see how the facility would handle more exotic fuels.

When Martin later entered the Apollo hardware procurement contract competition, NASA scored them highest of all the entrants on configuration design. [8] Martin recommended a five-part spacecraft. The command module was a flat-bottomed cone with a rounded apex and a tower for a tractor-rocket launch escape system. Behind the flat aft bulkhead ...