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Apollo 15 on the Launch Pad
Lightening flashes in the sk …
5/6/09
Description Lightening flashes in the sky behind the Saturn V rocket that will propel Apollo 15 to the moon, July 25, 1971. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
Apollo - Through the Eyes of …
July 20, 2009, marks the 40t …
5/6/09
Description July 20, 2009, marks the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins of Apollo 11. A direct result of President John F. Kennedy's mandate to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The achievements of the Apollo missions have since become a benchmark in the annals of human experience. Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts is a visual celebration of the most heralded space flights in history and a record of one of the most significant episodes in the history of photography. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
APOLLO 16MM ONBOARD SELECT V …
This program contains select …
4/14/04
Description This program contains selected views taken from the Apollo 16mm onboards edited together and set to inspirational music. Footage from all Apollo missions, Apollo-Saturn 202 through Apollo 17, is used. Includes: stage separation, spacecraft rendezvous, various in-cabin crew scenes from spacecraft operations to leisure activities, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) views, full Earth and Moon views with close up views of the Moon, Earth rise over Moon horizon, Lunar Module (LM) descent, scenes from various EVAs on the Lunar surface, scenes taken during Command Module (CM) reentry including views of the main parachutes as CM makes final descent, views of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) and Lunar Module (LM), and a nice view of the planting of the American flag.
Date 4/14/04
APOLLO 16MM ONBOARD SELECT V …
This program contains select …
2/6/06
Description This program contains selected views taken from the Apollo 16mm onboards edited together and set to inspirational music. Footage from all Apollo missions, Apollo-Saturn 202 through Apollo 17, is used. Includes: Launch, stage separation, spacecraft rendezvous, various in-cabin crew scenes from spacecraft operations to leisure activities, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) views, full Earth and Moon views with close up views of the Moon, Earth rise over Moon horizon, Lunar Module (LM) descent, scenes from various EVAs on the Lunar surface, scenes taken during Command Module (CM) reentry including views of the main parachutes as CM makes final descent, views of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) and Lunar Module (LM), and a nice view of the planting of the American flag.
Date 2/6/06
APOLLO 16MM ONBOARD SELECT V …
This program contains select …
5/11/04
Description This program contains selected views taken from the Apollo 16mm onboards edited together and set to inspirational music. Footage from all Apollo missions, Apollo-Saturn 202 through Apollo 17, is used. Includes: stage separation, spacecraft rendezvous, various in-cabin crew scenes from spacecraft operations to leisure activities, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) views, transposition views, Earth rise over Moon horizon, lunar landscape, Lunar Module (LM) descent, scenes from various EVAs on the Lunar surface including planting the American flag, views of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), and scenes taken during Command Module (CM) reentry including views of the main parachutes as CM makes final descent.
Date 5/11/04
Apollo -- November 1969
Astronaut Alan L. Bean, luna …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, deploys components of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Apollo 12 spacewalk on the moon. The photo was taken by astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., commander.
Date 7/16/08
Earthrise
Apollo 8, the first manned m …
12/24/08
Description Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts--Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders--held a live broadcast from lunar orbit, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Said Lovell, "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis. Visit the Apollo 8 page for audio and video of the historic mission. Image Credit: NASA
Date 12/24/08
The Road to Apollo
Almost 40 years have passed …
2/13/09
Description Almost 40 years have passed since July 20, 1969, when the lunar module "Eagle" carrying Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin gingerly made its way down to the Sea of Tranquility, landing humans on the moon for the first time. "From launch to splashdown, there was no aspect of the Apollo mission that scientists, engineers and technicians at NASA's Langley Research Center had not helped to develop in one way or another," said historian James R. Hansen, author of Spaceflight Revolution. This weekly series of photographs will highlight some of the Hampton center's contributions on "The road to Apollo." Credit: NASA
Date 2/13/09
Apollo -- July 1969
Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Al …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph.
Date 7/16/08
The Road to Apollo
The most successful of the p …
4/21/09
Description The most successful of the pre-Apollo probes, Lunar Orbiter photographically mapped the equatorial regions of the moon. These maps, compiled at Langley, provided the detailed topographical information needed to pinpoint the best landing sites on the moon, including the exact spot in the Sea of Tranquility chosen for Apollo 11. Credit: NASA
Date 4/21/09
The Road to Apollo 07: John …
In the opinion of many space …
4/6/09
Description In the opinion of many space historians, Langley's most important contribution to the Apollo program was its development of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR). Here, John Houbolt explains the critical weight-saving advantage of the LOR concept. The basic premise was to fire an assembly of three spacecraft into Earth orbit on top of a single powerful rocket. Without this successful mission concept, the United States may still have landed humans on the moon, but it probably would not have happened by the end of the 1960s as directed by President Kennedy. Credit: NASA
Date 4/6/09
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar …
8/1/08
Description Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Date 8/1/08
Montage of Apollo Crew Patch …
Name of Image Montage of Apollo Crew Patches
Date of Image 1979-05-01
Full Description This montage depicts the flight crew patches for the manned Apollo 7 thru Apollo 17 missions. The Apollo 7 through 10 missions were basically manned test flights that paved the way for lunar landing missions. Primary objectives met included the demonstration of the Command Service Module (CSM) crew performance, crew/space vehicle/mission support facilities performance and testing during a manned CSM mission, CSM rendezvous capability, translunar injection demonstration, the first manned Apollo docking, the first Apollo Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), performance of the first manned flight of the lunar module (LM), the CSM-LM docking in translunar trajectory, LM undocking in lunar orbit, LM staging in lunar orbit, and manned LM-CSM docking in lunar orbit. Apollo 11 through 17 were lunar landing missions with the exception of Apollo 13 which was forced to circle the moon without landing due to an onboard explosion. The craft was,however, able to return to Earth safely. Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing mission and performed the first lunar surface EVA. Landing site was the Sea of Tranquility. A message for mankind was delivered, the U.S. flag was planted, experiments were set up and 47 pounds of lunar surface material was collected for analysis back on Earth. Apollo 12, the 2nd manned lunar landing mission landed in the Ocean of Storms and retrieved parts of the unmanned Surveyor 3, which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was deployed, and 75 pounds of lunar material was gathered. Apollo 14, the 3rd lunar landing mission landed in Fra Mauro. ALSEP and other instruments were deployed, and 94 pounds of lunar materials were gathered, using a hand cart for first time to transport rocks. Apollo 15, the 4th lunar landing mission landed in the Hadley-Apennine region. With the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), the crew was bale to gather 169 pounds of lunar material. Apollo 16, the 5th lunar landing mission, landed in the Descartes Highlands for the first study of highlands area. Selected surface experiments were deployed, the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph was used for first time on the Moon, and the LRV was used for second time for a collection of 213 pounds of lunar material. The Apollo program came to a close with Apollo 17, the 6th and final manned lunar landing mission that landed in the Taurus-Littrow highlands and valley area. This mission hosted the first scientist-astronaut, Schmitt, to land on the Moon. The 6th automated research station was set up, and 243 ponds of lunar material was gathered using the LRV.
Apollo 11 Launch
On 16 July 1969, American as …
1/1/94
Description On 16 July 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the mammoth-sized Saturn V rocket on their way to the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Cmdr. Armstrong and pilot Aldrin landed the spacecraft, Eagle, on the moon's Sea of Tranquillity. Apollo 11 booster stages were tested at Stennis Space Center.
Date 1/1/94
Standing Tall
In the Vehicle Assembly Buil …
8/17/09
Description In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3, Super Stack 5 is secured to the Ares I-X segments already in place on the mobile launcher platform, completing assembly of the Ares I-X rocket. The 327-foot-tall rocket is one of the largest processed in the bay, rivaling the height of the Apollo Program's 364-foot-tall Saturn V. Five super stacks make up the rocket's upper stage that is integrated with the four-segment solid rocket booster first stage. Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is part of the Constellation Program to return men to the moon and beyond. The Ares I-X flight test is targeted for Oct. 31, pending formal NASA Headquarters approval. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis Aug. 13, 2009
Date 8/17/09
girl scouts, poetry
Wow! Apollo 11 It must have …
12/16/08
Description Wow! Apollo 11 It must have been like heaven Walking on the moon Aubrey, age 8, Illinois Neil Armstrong took this photo of Edwin "Buzz" Armstrong walking on the moon.
Date 12/16/08
Apollo XIII Astronaut Fred H …
South Mississippi native Fre …
1/1/95
Description South Mississippi native Fred Haise was one of the three American astronauts on the Apollo XIII mission that was originally intended to land on the moon. Haise visited Stennis Space Center to greet the public and sign autographs. Haise, and fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert were outward bound, 200,000 miles from Earth, when both Serice Module oxygen tanks ruptured. The crew returned safely to Earth. The incident became the topic for the feature film, Apollo 13.
Date 1/1/95
Lunar Lander Model
This 1963 model depicts an e …
7/13/09
Description This 1963 model depicts an early Apollo lunar lander concept, called a "bug," landing on the moon. Engineers designed several possible vehicle shapes for both manned and unmanned landers. In 1961, Bruce Lundin, former director of NASA's Lewis Research Center (now Glenn), chaired the "Lundin Committee," a NASA study group that assessed a variety of ways to accomplish a lunar landing mission. Image credit: NASA
Date 7/13/09
Centaur's Rocket Engine
In this image, engineers tes …
7/27/09
Description In this image, engineers test the RL-10 engine in NASA Lewis Research Center's (now Glenn's) Propulsion Systems Laboratory. Developed by Pratt & Whitney, the engine was designed to power the Centaur second-stage rocket. Centaur was responsible for sending the Surveyor spacecraft on its mission to land on the moon and explore the surface in the early stages of the Apollo Program. Image credit: NASA
Date 7/27/09
Apollo 13
President Richard M. Nixon a …
4/13/09
Description President Richard M. Nixon and the Apollo 13 crew salute U.S. flag during the post-mission ceremonies at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Earlier, the astronauts John Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred W. Haise were presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the Chief Executive. Apollo 13, launched on April 11, 1970, was NASA's third manned mission to the moon. Two day later on April 13 while the mission was en route to the moon, a fault in the electrical system of one of the Service Module's oxygen tanks produced an explosion that caused both oxygen tanks to fail and also led to a loss of electrical power. The command module remained functional on its own batteries and oxygen tank, but these were usable only during the last hours of the mission. The crew shut down the Command Module and used the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat" during the return trip to earth. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, and a shortage of potable water, the crew returned to Earth, and the mission was termed a "successful failure." Image Credit: NASA
Date 4/13/09
APOLLO 17 : A symbol for the …
Title APOLLO 17 : A symbol for the APOLLO program
Description APOLLO 17 : The astonauts intend, as a symbolic gesture, to return a piece of moon-rock to share with countries all around the world. From the film documentary 'APOLLO 17: On the shoulders of Giants'', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APPOLO 17 : Sixth and last manned lunar landing mission in the APOLLO series with Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E.Evans, and Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt. Landed at Taurus-Littrow on Dec 11.,1972. Deployed camera and experiments, performed EVA with lunar roving vehicle. Returned lunar samples. Mission Duration 301hrs 51min 59sec
Date 01.23.1974
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)
Date of Image 1972-04-21
Full Description The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was designed by Marshall Space Flight Center to transport astronauts and materials on the Moon. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17, in 1971 and 1972, to permit the crew to travel several miles from the lunar landing site. This photograph was taken during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1972-04-01
Full Description The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was designed to transport astronauts and materials on the Moon. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17, in 1971 and 1972, to permit the crew to travel several miles from the lunar landing site. This photograph was taken during the Apollo 16 mission.
Earthrise
The Apollo 16 crew captured …
4/20/09
Description The Apollo 16 crew captured this Earthrise with a handheld Hasselblad camera during the second revolution of the moon. Identifiable craters seen on the...
Date 4/20/09
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1971-01-01
Full Description The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was designed to transport astronauts and materials on the Moon. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17, in 1971 and 1972 to permit the crew to travel several miles from the lunar landing site. This photograph was taken during the Apollo 15 mission.
Saturn V First Stage is Lift …
The first stage of the huge …
1/1/67
Description The first stage of the huge Saturn V rocket is lifted by crane for installation into the B-2 stand at Stennis Space Center (then the Mississippi Test Facility) in March 1967. Both the first and second stages of the Saturn V were tested at the NASA facility in the 1960s. The rockets propelled the Apollo Program's missions to the Moon.
Date 1/1/67
Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Title Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Explanation A human first set foot on another world on July 20, 1969 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11.html ]. This world was Earth's own Moon [ http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/ ]. Pictured above is Neil Armstrong [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075179.htm ] preparing to take the historic first step [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950921.html ]. On the way down the Lunar Module [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/LMordered.html ] ladder, Armstrong [ http://www.3d-interact.com/SpaceMuseum/armstrong.html ] released equipment which included the television camera that recorded this fuzzy image [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075288.htm ]. Pictures and voice transmissions [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/ sounds/A01106AA.WAV ] were broadcast live [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/ sounds/A01108AA.WAV ] to an estimated world wide audience of one billion people. The Apollo Moon landings [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ] have since been described as the greatest technological achievement [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960412.html ] the world has known.
Earthrise
The Apollo 16 crew captured …
4/20/09
Description The Apollo 16 crew captured this Earthrise with a handheld Hasselblad camera during the second revolution of the moon. Identifiable craters seen on the moon include Saha, Wyld and Saenger. Much of the terrain seen here is never visible from the Earth, as the command module was passing onto what is known as the 'dark side' of the moon. Apollo 16 launched on April 16, 1972 and landed on the moon on April 20. The mission was commanded by John Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II was the command module pilot and Charles M. Duke, Jr. served as the lunar module pilot. Image Credit: NASA
Date 4/20/09
Apollo 1 Prime Crew
Title Apollo 1 Prime Crew
Full Description Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight. From left to right are: Edward H. White II, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. On January 27, 1967 at 5:31 p.m. CST (6:31 local time) during a routine simulated launch test onboard the Apollo Saturn V Moon rocket, an electrical short circuit inside the Apollo Command Module ignited the pure oxygen environment and within a matter of seconds all three Apollo 1 crewmembers perished.
Date 04/01/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Replica of Plaque Left on Mo …
Title Replica of Plaque Left on Moon by Apollo 17 Astronauts
Full Description This image is a photographic replica of the plaque that the Apollo 17 astronauts left on the Moon at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Apollo 17 was the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program. The commemorative plaque was unveiled at the close of the third extravehicular activity (EVA-3). The plaque was made of stainless steel measuring nine by seven and five-eighths inches, and one-sixteenth inch thick. It was attached to the ladder on the landing gear strut on the descent stage of Apollo 17 Lunar Module "Challenger.
Date 12/12/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
APOLLO 17 : Time...Enemy of …
Title APOLLO 17 : Time...Enemy of the Lunar Investigator
Description APOLLO 17 : There's just never enough time to do everything, especially on the moon From the film documentary 'APOLLO 17: On the shoulders of Giants'', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APPOLO 17 : Sixth and last manned lunar landing mission in the APOLLO series with Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E.Evans, and Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt. Landed at Taurus-Littrow on Dec 11.,1972. Deployed camera and experiments, performed EVA with lunar roving vehicle. Returned lunar samples. Mission Duration 301hrs 51min 59sec
Date 01.23.1974
Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Cr …
Title Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Crater
Explanation Apollo 16 [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS16/Apollo16_fact.html ] spent three days on Earth's Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/moon.html ] in April 1972. The fifth lunar landing mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-16/apollo-16.html ] out of six, Apollo 16 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/a16j.html ] was famous for deploying and using an ultraviolet telescope as the first lunar observatory [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960608.html ], and for collecting rocks and data on the mysterious lunar highlands [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS16/Apollo16_MissionObj.html ]. In the above picture, astronaut John W. Young [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/astronauts/u-to-z/YoungJW.txt ] photographs Charles M. Duke, Jr. [ http://nauts.com/astro/duke/duke.html ] collecting rock samples [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/apollotop10.htm ] at the Descartes landing site [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS16/Apollo16_LandingSite.html ]. Duke stands by Plum Crater while the Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990501.html ] waits parked in the background. The Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/lrv/lrv.htm ] allowed the astronauts to travel great distances to investigate surface features and collect rocks. High above, Thomas K. Mattingly orbits in the Command Module.
Apollo 17's Moonship
Title Apollo 17's Moonship
Explanation Awkward and angular looking, Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1972-096A.html ] was designed for flight [ http://users.specdata.com/home/pullo/lm_mis1.htm ] in the vacuum of space. This sharp picture from the command module America [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1972-096C.html ], shows Challenger's ascent stage in lunar orbit. Small reaction control thrusters are at the sides of the moonship with the bell of the ascent rocket engine itself underneath. The hatch allowing access to the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17main.html ] is visible in the front and a round radar antenna appears at the top. This spaceship performed gracefully, landing on the moon and returning the Apollo astronauts to the orbiting command module in December of 1972 - but where is Challenger now? [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ apolloloc.html ] Its descent stage remains [ http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/Apollo/ ls_17_5aa.html ] at the Apollo 17 landing site [ http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/Apollo/ landing_sites.html ], Taurus-Littrow [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/expmoon/Apollo17/ A17_lsite.html ]. The ascent stage was intentionally crashed nearby after being jettisoned from the command module prior to the astronauts' return [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.homeward.html ] to planet Earth. Apollo 17's mission [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970504.html ] was the sixth and last time astronauts have landed on the moon. "Editor's note:" Eric Jones, Apollo Lunar Surface Journal [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ frame.html ] editor, comments, "If you look at the [... large, dark] triangular window, you'll see a bright rectangular area - which is the rendezvous window - beneath it, a bright arc. After much discussion, my team of volunteers and I concluded that the bright arc is the top of [mission commander] Gene Cernan's bubble helmet lit by sunlight ..."
The Apollo 9 Astronauts
Name of Image The Apollo 9 Astronauts
Date of Image 1968-12-19
Full Description Pictured from left to right, the Apollo 9 astronauts, James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart, pause in front of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would launch the Apollo 8 crew. The launch of the Apollo 9 (Saturn V launch vehicle, SA-504) took place on March 3, 1968. The Apollo 9 spacecraft, in the lunar mission configuration, was tested in Earth orbit. The mission was designed to rehearse all the steps and reproduce all the events of the Apollo 11 mission with the exception of the lunar touchdown, stay, and liftoff. The command and service modules, and the lunar module were used in flight procedures identical to those that would later take similar vehicles to the Moon, and a landing. The flight mechanics, mission support systems, communications, and recording of data were tested in a final round of verification. Astronauts Scott and Schweickart conducted Extravehicular Activity during this mission.
Apollo 204 Astronauts Traini …
Title Apollo 204 Astronauts Training
Full Description Originally designated as the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission, but more commonly known as Apollo 1, this photograph shows the crew in training. On January 27, 1967, disaster fell upon the Apollo 1 mission when a sudden fire broke out in the command module during a launch pad test in which all three of the primary crew perished. Astronauts Lt. Col. Virgil "Gus" Ivan Grissom, Lt.Col. Edward Higgins White II, and Lt. Cdr. Roger Bruce Chaffee died quickly in the tragic accident. An investigative board was promptly set up to examine the accident and identify the cause of the fire. The final report gave the results of the investigation as well as detailed suggestions for major design and engineering modifications, revisions to test planning, manufacturing procedures, and quality control. With these adjustments, the Apollo program became safer and successfully sent astronauts to the Moon.
Date UNKNOWN
NASA Center Headquarters
Light the Candle
Astronaut Alan Shepard is hu …
10/23/08
Description Astronaut Alan Shepard is hurled into space atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. Freedom 7 was the first American manned suborbital space flight, making Shepard the first American in space He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon. Image Credit: NASA
Date 10/23/08
Apollo 17 Night Launch
Title Apollo 17 Night Launch
Full Description Liftoff of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first night launch of a Saturn V rocket.
Date 12/07/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Earth from Apollo 8
Title Earth from Apollo 8
Full Description This is how the Earth looked as photographed from a point near the Moon by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The Earth fills less than one percent of the frame exposed through 80mm lens. North is approximately vertical. Kinda lonely, isn't it?
Date 12/01/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magn …
Title Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation
Explanation Buzz Aldrin [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a11.crew.html#buzzbio ], Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot and the second human to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950922.html ] described the lunar landscape as "a magnificent desolation". Dramatic pictures from the Apollo missions to the moon's surface [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/ ] testify to this apt turn of phrase. Near the Apollo 17 landing site, Family Mountain (center background) and the edge of South Massif (left) frame the lunarscape in this photo [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS17/10075963.htm ] of astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a17.crew.html#jackbio ] working alongside the lunar roving vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960223.html ]. Schmitt and fellow astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a17.crew.html#genebio ] were the last to walk on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950909.html ] this magnificent desolation.
J-2 Engine
Technicians from the Rocketd …
1/1/97
Description Technicians from the Rocketdyne Division of Boeing North American in Canoga Park, Calif., remove components of a 1960s J-2 rocket engine that has been displayed at the John C. Stennis Visitors Center for more than 10 years. Some usable parts of the Apollo-era engine will be used for testing of Rocketdyne's aerospike engine for the X-33 program. Five J-2 engines were used on the second stage of the huge Saturn V rockets that took American astronauts to the moon.
Date 1/1/97
Apollo 13 Astronauts Practic …
Title Apollo 13 Astronauts Practice Moonwalk at KSC
Full Description Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell and Fred W. Haise, Jr., during practice moonwalk at Kennedy Space Center. Lovell (right) operates Lunar Equipment conveyor, a pulley arrangement to load and unload equipment from the cabin section of Lunar Module. Apollo 13's original target on the Moon was the Fra Mauro region, southeast of the Ocean of Storms, to perform an inspection, survey, and sampling of the lunar surface, as well as to deploy and activate the ALSEP package, obtain photographs of candidate exploration sites and to develop human capability to work in the lunar environment. This mission drastically changed after an explosion of one of the oxygen tanks in the Service Module forced the Apollo 13 crew to abort the lunar landing mission and return to Earth.
Date 02/03/1970
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Cr …
Title Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Crater
Explanation Apollo 16 [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS16/Apollo16_fact.html ] spent three days on Earth's Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/moon.html ] in April 1972. The fifth lunar landing mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-16/apollo-16.html ] out of six, Apollo 16 was famous for deploying and using an ultraviolet telescope as the first lunar observatory [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960608.html ], and for collecting rocks and data on the mysterious lunar highlands [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS16/Apollo16_MissionObj.html ]. In the above picture, astronaut John W. Young [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/astronauts/u-to-z/YoungJW.txt ] photographs Charles M. Duke, Jr. [ http://nauts.com/astro/duke/duke.html ] collecting rock samples [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/LunarTop10.html ] at the Descartes landing site [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS16/Apollo16_LandingSite.html ]. Duke stands by Plum Crater while the Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS15/LRV.html ] waits parked in the background. The Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed the astronauts to travel great distances to investigate surface features and collect rocks. High above, Thomas K. Mattingly orbits in the Command Module.
Apollo Director Phillips Mon …
Name of Image Apollo Director Phillips Monitors Apollo 11 Pre-Launch Activities
Date of Image 1969-07-16
Full Description From the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) control room, Apollo Program Director Lieutenant General Samuel C. Phillips monitors pre-launch activities for Apollo 11. The Apollo 11 mission, the first lunar landing mission, launched from the KSC in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, ?Columbia?, piloted by Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin, landed on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface, followed by Aldrin. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished.
Kapryan and Petrone Discuss …
Name of Image Kapryan and Petrone Discuss Apollo 14 Flight
Date of Image 1971-01-31
Full Description In the launch control center at Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC), Walter J. Kapryan, Director of Launch Operations (center), discusses an aspect of the Apollo 14 flight with Marshall Space Flight Center?s (MSFC) Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director (right). The Apollo 14, carrying a crew of three astronauts: Mission commander Alan B. Shepard Jr., Command Module pilot Stuart A. Roosa, and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell, lifted off from launch complex 39A at KSC on January 31, 1971. It was the third manned lunar landing, the first manned landing in exploration of the lunar highlands, and it demonstrated pinpoint landing capability. The major goal of Apollo 14 was the scientific exploration of the Moon in the foothills of the rugged Fra Mauro region. The extravehicular activity (EVA) of astronauts Shepard and Mitchell included setting up an automated scientific laboratory called Apollo Lunar Scientific Experiments Package (ALSEP), and collecting a total of about 95 pounds (43 kilograms) of Moon rock and soil for a geological investigation back on the Earth. Apollo 14 safely returned to Earth on February 9, 1971.
Hubble Space Telescope Looks …
Title Hubble Space Telescope Looks at the Moon to Prospect for Resources (Apollo 17 Landing Region)
Abstract The Hubble Space Telescope looked at specific areas of the moon prospecting for important minerals that may aid future sustained human presence on the moon. Initial analysis of the data indicate the likely presence of titanium and iron oxides. These minerals can be sources of oxygen, essential for human exploration. This visualization starts with a view of the moon as seen from Earth using a USGS Apollo derived artist rendered texture (airbrushed). The camera then zooms into the Apollo 17 landing region using Clementine data (the outer area after the camera pauses), high resolution HST data (the inner area), and Apollo 17 derived topgraphy. Exposure Time: 2.5 minutes Filters: F250W (250nm), F344N (344nm), F502N (502nm), F658N (658nm) Data from these multiple filters were used to produce the mosaic Apollo 17 landing site image.
Completed 2005-10-12
Hubble Space Telescope Looks …
Title Hubble Space Telescope Looks at the Moon to Prospect for Resources (Apollo 17 Landing Region)
Abstract The Hubble Space Telescope looked at specific areas of the moon prospecting for important minerals that may aid future sustained human presence on the moon. Initial analysis of the data indicate the likely presence of titanium and iron oxides. These minerals can be sources of oxygen, essential for human exploration. This visualization starts with a view of the moon as seen from Earth using a USGS Apollo derived artist rendered texture (airbrushed). The camera then zooms into the Apollo 17 landing region using Clementine data (the outer area after the camera pauses), high resolution HST data (the inner area), and Apollo 17 derived topgraphy. Exposure Time: 2.5 minutes Filters: F250W (250nm), F344N (344nm), F502N (502nm), F658N (658nm) Data from these multiple filters were used to produce the mosaic Apollo 17 landing site image.
Completed 2005-10-12
A Rille Runs Through It
Title A Rille Runs Through It
Full Description This oblique view of the Moon's surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 13 degrees, 3 minutes east longitude and 7 degrees, 1 minute north latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts attached a 250mm lens and aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area.
Date 05/01/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 11 bootprint
Title Apollo 11 bootprint
Full Description One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Date 7/20/1969
NASA Center Headquarters
The Lunar Limb
Title The Lunar Limb
Full Description A high forward oblique view of Rima Ariadaeus on the Moon, as photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 17 degrees, 5 minutes east longitude and 5 degrees, 0 minutes north latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area.
Date 05/01/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Long Shadows on the Lunar Su …
Title Long Shadows on the Lunar Surface
Full Description This oblique view of the Moon's surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 16 degrees, 2 minutes east longitude and 0 degrees, 3 minutes north latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts attached a 250mm lens and aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area.
Date 05/01/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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