On March 3, 1969, three astronauts rose into space on a 10-day Earth-orbital mission. The Apollo 9 space vehicle carried astronauts James A. McDivitt, commander; David R. Scott, command module pilot; ...
Click to open image viewer. Apollo 13, the third scheduled manned lunar landing, was launched on April 11, 1970, from Kennedy Space Center. The crewmembers were Commander James Lovell, Lunar Module ...
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 May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy stood before a joint session of Congress and challenged America to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. “No single space project in this period ...
Click to open image viewer. Apollo 16, the fifth manned lunar landing mission, was launched on April 16, 1972, atop a Saturn V launch vehicle. The crew consisted of Commander John Young, Command ...
• The Saint Louis Science Center is one of only four stops on the Smithsonian’s special traveling tour of the exhibit Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission. It features various artifacts, footage, ...
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