
Apollo program - National Air and Space Museum
Dec 9, 2022 · Many are familiar with Apollo 11, the mission that landed humans on the Moon for the first time. It was part of the larger Apollo program. There were several missions during the …
The Apollo Missions - National Air and Space Museum
There were several missions during the Apollo program from 1961 to 1972. Humans landed on the moon during six missions, Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
Tools and Technology from the Apollo Program
With such an unparalleled mission at hand, astronauts from the Apollo Program had to use specialized tools and technology made for space.
Why Did We Stop Going to the Moon? - National Air and Space …
Nov 9, 2021 · The Apollo program, which landed the first human on the Moon, ended in December 1972 with Apollo 17. Why did we stop?
NASA Art Program - National Air and Space Museum
After the conclusion of the Apollo program, the need for commissioned art seemed less acute, and throughout the 1970s the art program slowed. In 1975, Jim Dean, a founder of the NASA …
Apollo Guidance Computer and the First Silicon Chips
Oct 14, 2015 · As the Apollo program took form in the early 1960s, NASA engineers always kept the safety of their astronauts at the fore in light of the enormous risks they knew were inherent …
What was the Gemini Program? - National Air and Space Museum
Sep 22, 2022 · What Was The Gemini Program? If you have read the book The Right Stuff or watched the movie with the same name, you may know a thing or two about the Mercury …
Fuel Cell, Apollo - National Air and Space Museum
The Apollo Command Module's primary source of electric power was from a set of three "fuel cells" housed in the Service Module. Each fuel cell combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce …
Apollo 11: The Moon Landing - National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 11 was one of 15 Apollo missions that took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Learn more about the missions that paved the way for the Moon landing, and the missions where …
Calculating Trajectories and Breaking Boundaries During Apollo
Sep 12, 2019 · When NASA accelerated the schedule for Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon, it meant that development of a critical part of that mission, the return-to-Earth software, …