On July 21, 1969, Apollo 11’s lunar ... while the command/service module continued in lunar orbit. Once the mission was complete, the top portion of the lunar lander would leave the moon ...

If you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3-scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module, [Plasanator]’s photos ... pan as a concrete mold to create the lander’s “feet”. Later, a little paint ...

What we read was astonishing; Program 63, 64, 65, lunar descent and ... copy of the Lunar Module’s source code . This is the source code book used by Don Eyles during Apollo missions and ...

Separating the new lunar module into pieces will be even ... stage tanks alone will be taller than the entire Apollo descent stage. The 1960s lander was "a marvel of minimization" that strained ...

Audio clip: Charlie Brown was selected by the astronauts as the codename for the Apollo 10 command module and his friend Snoopy was the call sign for the lunar module. Mosher: NASA launched 10 of ...

Nobody ever accused the Apollo ... carry the lunar module like a kangaroo joey in an onboard compartment. On the way to the moon, the petals of that compartment would open and the lander would ...

The company's newest Athena lander dropped out of lunar orbit as planned. The hourlong descent appeared to go ... the successor to Apollo. NASA officials said before the landing that they knew ...

Blue Origin will act as prime contractor and develop the descent element of the HLS ... that must utilize automation. Unlike the Apollo lunar lander, which was hand-flown by the crew, the HLS ...

Hovered over its landing target, Blue Ghost shut off its main engine, using its smaller thrusters to cushion and make small ...

Intuitive Machines’ newest Athena lander dropped out of lunar orbit as planned. The hourlong descent appeared to ... the successor to Apollo. NASA officials said before the landing that they ...