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The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

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Giant Leap: The Technology That Made The Apollo Mission Successful

While you probably already know about the Apollo 11 moon landing, you may be surprised to learn that NASA's Apollo Program ran from 1962 to 1972 and included 14 total missions, six of which were lunar ...
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Command Module, Apollo 6

Click to open image viewer. The unmanned Apollo 6 Command Module (CM 020) was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1968 and recovered in the Pacific Ocean 10 hours later. The mission was the ...
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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Module Ascent Engine

Click to open image viewer. This is a Lunar Module Ascent Engine (LMAE). The LMAE was part of the Lunar Module (LM), the spaecraft that landed Apollo astronauts on the moon. The LMAE was a curcial ...