Apollo 13 odyssey transfixed the nation, tested NASA's mettle

Apollo 13 odyssey transfixed the nation, tested NASA's mettle. After mission was aborted by explosion, Houston engineers ...
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Flight Data Container, R12, Command Module, Apollo 11

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Chicago Tribune

Apollo 13 commander James Lovell dies at 97

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA ...
Time

Apollo 11 Had 3 Men Aboard, But Only 2 Walked on the Moon. Here’s What it Was Like to Be the Third

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Crew Compartment, Apollo Command Module Simulator

Click to open image viewer. This Command Module Simulator was used at Kennedy Space Center to train the Apollo astronauts. It was used in conjunction with the Lunar Module Simulator. The simulated ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ Apollo 11 Touches Down On Moon 57 Years Ago Today

This two-minute video montage shows highlights of the Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969. (NASA Johnson video) July 1969. It’s a little over eight years since the ...