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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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 ...
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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 ...
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How Did Apollo Separate?

If you’ve watched a Saturn V launch, you’ve probably seen how a large rocket will often jettison a stage on the way up. There are several reasons for this — there is no reason to haul an empty fuel ...