First crewed flight of all Apollo lunar hardware in Earth’s orbit and first crewed flight of the lunar module. The crucial test involved the lunar module demonstrating its descent and ascent ...

On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper ...

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On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9 mission to test the first crewed Lunar Module spacecraft that would pave the way for future moon landings. See how the mission worked in photos here. This ...

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The “main B bus undervolt,” according to NASA indicated an abrupt power loss from one of the command-service module’s two primary electrical systems. London evening newspapers bannerline the Apollo 13 ...

In a year when we’ll celebrate Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary, it’s worth remembering the pathfinders who completed the same mission with one critical order: don’t actually land on the moon. The command ...

Apollo 11’s astronauts were in the midst of a tight, grueling training schedule in May 1969. Just one slip-up could delay their July launch and derail the goal of landing on the moon before the end of ...