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JSC1116 Apollo Presentation …
APOLLO PRESENTATION FOR THE …
1989
Description APOLLO PRESENTATION FOR THE ASTRODOME JSC1116 - (1989) - 7 Minutes This program features a condensed look at Apollo mission milestones. It was created for presentation at the Houston Astrodome during Apollo 11 20th Anniversary celebrations.
Date 1989
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 16 MM LAUNCH VIEWS
Multiple close-up and Long R …
1968
Description Multiple close-up and Long Range Tracker views of the Apollo 8 launch. Arm swing and Fuel Disconnect launch pad views of Apollo 11 launch. Several close-up shots and umbilical disconnect views of the Apollo 12 launch.
Date 1968
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
Apollo17 - On the Shoulders …
APOLLO 17: ON THE SHOULDERS …
1973
Description APOLLO 17: ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS JSC 603 - (1973) - 28 1/2 Minutes Astronauts: Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt Launch date: December 7, 1972 A documentary view of the Apollo 17 journey to Taurus-Littrow, the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo Program. The film depicts the highlights of the mission and relates the Apollo Program to Skylab, the Apollo-Soyuz linkup, and the Space Shuttle. AWARDS: Chris Bronze Plaque Award, 21st Annual Columbus Film Festival, 1983 * Trophy of the Italian Department of Defense * 1st International Review of Cinema and TV Films on Flight, Milan, Italy, 1974 * Special Prize, 11th International Review of Technical, Scientific, and Educational Films, Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 1973
Date 1973
CMP319 Apollo11 Gala Event ( …
APOLLO 11 GALA EVENT CMP 319 …
1989
Description APOLLO 11 GALA EVENT CMP 319 - (1989) - 1 Hour 30 Minutes This program highlights the Apollo 11 Gala Event Banquet held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston, Texas, on July 21, 1989. Included in this program are the following Guest Speakers: Jim Hartz, Walter Cronkite, Aaron Cohen, and the Apollo 11 astronauts.
Date 1989
Partially Restored Video: Ev …
To commemorate the 40th anni …
2009
Description To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk. The source material for the restoration project is the best of the available broadcast-format video. Lowry Digital, Burbank, Calif., is significantly enhancing the video using the company_s proprietary software technology and other restoration techniques. The video is part of a larger restoration project that will be completed in September and provide a newly restored high definition video of the entire Apollo 11 moonwalk. The completed restoration will provide the public with the highest quality video of this historic event.
Date 2009
Partially Restored Video: Ne …
To commemorate the 40th anni …
2009
Description To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk. The source material for the restoration project is the best of the available broadcast-format video. Lowry Digital, Burbank, Calif., is significantly enhancing the video using the company_s proprietary software technology and other restoration techniques. The video is part of a larger restoration project that will be completed in September and provide a newly restored high definition video of the entire Apollo 11 moonwalk. The completed restoration will provide the public with the highest quality video of this historic event.
Date 2009
ISS 10th Anniversary 12: Apo …
The launch of Zarya on Nov. …
2009
Description The launch of Zarya on Nov. 20, 1998, marked the beginning of an international construction project of unprecedented complexity and sophistication. On Nov. 20, 2008, the International Space Station marked 10 years of operation in space orbiting the Earth. NASA commemorated this milestone by making several videos showcasing the largest spacecraft built to date. The full set is available at: http://www.archive.org/details/IssAnniversary
Date 2009
APOLLO 07 and 08 16MM ONBOAR …
Film taken includes Earth vi …
Description Film taken includes Earth views and nice views of the Saturn 1B launch vehicle S-4B stage after separation from the Command and Service Module (CSM) and during station keeping. Also includes Walter Cunningham donning his pressure suit, an Earth limb sunset view, and Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Cunningham in the Command and Service Module (CSM). From Apollo 08, includes various full Earth views, views of lunar surface taken during lunar orbit, and Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders inside Command Module (CM).
APOLLO 12 and 13 16MM ONBOAR …
Film taken includes views ta …
1970
Description Film taken includes views taken during re-entry, shot of deployed parachutes, and various views of lunar surface. Also includes nice views of lunar surface taken from lunar orbit and lunar surface landmarks. From Apollo 13, film taken includes scenes of Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert in the Lunar Module (LM) after the cryogenic oxygen tank failure and Service Module seen after separation from the Command Module.
Date 1970
APOLLO 16 and 17 16MM ONBOAR …
Film taken includes a wide s …
1972
Description Film taken includes a wide shot of the Mass Spectrometer experiment on boom, unidentified dark views, and Thomas Mattingly and John Young donning Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs). Also includes the Lunar Module (LM) undocking from the Command and Service Module (CSM) in lunar orbit, view out LM window during lunar landing, and view during Extravehicular Activity. From Apollo 17, film taken includes views of Ron Evans during trans-Earth Extravehicular Activity (EVA).
Date 1972
Apollo 16 Landing
This section of a panoramic …
5/6/09
Description This section of a panoramic photograph consisting of 27 separate frames taken by Charles Duke shows the Apollo 16 landing site in the lunar highlands, April 23, 1972. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
David Scott
The docked Apollo 9 command …
5/6/09
Description The docked Apollo 9 command and service modules and lunar module conduct the first docking maneuvers in space. This image was taken on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission by lunar module pilot Russell L. Schweickart of David Scott, command module pilot, in the open hatch of the command module. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
Apollo 9 Command and Service …
This view of the Apollo 9 co …
5/18/09
Description This view of the Apollo 9 command and service module was photographed from lunar module 'Spider' on fifth day of the mission. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/18/09
CMP304 Apollo11 1969-1989
APOLLO 11: 1969-1989 CMP 304 …
1989
Description APOLLO 11: 1969-1989 CMP 304 - (1989) - 27 Minutes The Apollo 11 mission is described in this film using narration and historical film footage. Featured are various mission activities including pre-launch, launch, Mission Control, lunar landing, and return to Earth.
Date 1989
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 09 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken includes cloesup …
1969
Description Film taken includes cloesup of Lunar module (LM) docking target, the flight day 5 Lunar-Module-active-rendezvous, and the Saturn S-4B stage after separation.
Date 1969
APOLLO 09 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken includes various …
Description Film taken includes various views of James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell Schweickart working in the Command Module (CM), EVA activities and CM docking.
APOLLO 10 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken includes the Luna …
Description Film taken includes the Lunar Module (LM) after undocking from the Command Service Module (CSM) in lunar orbit, the CSM during docking, and nice closeups of the lunar surface.
APOLLO 10 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken includes various …
Description Film taken includes various scenes of Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young working in the Command Module, lunar orbit views, Earth-rise, and reentry.
APOLLO 16 16MM ONBOARD FILM
Film taken includes views of …
1972
Description Film taken includes views of Thomas Mattingly and John Young during the trans-Earth Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and various views from the camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).
Date 1972
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
CMP306_Reflections.wmv
REFLECTIONS CMP 306 - (1969) …
1969
Description REFLECTIONS CMP 306 - (1969) - 16 Minutes This program reviews the Apollo 9 mission as narrated by Astronaut Rusty Schweickart.
Date 1969
Apollo -- August 1968
The prime crew of the first …
7/16/08
Description The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7, stands on the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right are astronauts R. Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele and Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr.
Date 7/16/08
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
JSC345_Apollo_Atmospheric_En …
APOLLO ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY PHA …
1968
Description APOLLO ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY PHASE JSC 345 - (1968) - 26 Minutes Explains the geometry of return trajectory and reentry into the Earth's atmosphere by the Apollo spacecraft, as well as the problems involved and the methods and actions for overcoming these pro
Date 1968
Whole Earth
This image from Apollo 17, a …
4/2/09
Description This image from Apollo 17, and others like it, captured whole hemispheres of water, land and weather. This photo was the first view of the south polar ice cap. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is visible, along with the Arabian Peninsula.
Date 4/2/09
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
Intrepid
The Apollo 12 lunar module I …
5/6/09
Description The Apollo 12 lunar module Intrepid is set in a lunar landing configuration in this photograph taken by Richard Gordon, Nov. 19, 1969. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
Saturn IVB
An expended Saturn IVB stage …
5/5/09
Description An expended Saturn IVB stage was being used as a target for simulated docking maneuvers over Sonora, Mexico, during Apollo 7's second revolution around Earth on Oct. 11, 1968. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/5/09
Morning Sun
The morning sun reflects on …
5/6/09
Description The morning sun reflects on the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 134th revolution of the Earth on Oct. 20, 1968. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
Rising Earth
The crew of Apollo 8 capture …
5/6/09
Description The crew of Apollo 8 captured this view of Earth about five degrees above the lunar horizon on Dec. 22, 1968. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
Apollo -- December 1968
Astronaut William A. Anders, …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut William A. Anders, lunar module pilot, is shown wearing a constant-wear garment inside the spacecraft during the Apollo 8 lunar-orbit mission.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- February 1969
Astronaut Russell L. Schweic …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo 9 prime crew lunar module pilot, participates in a Countdown Demonstration Test. He is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or EMU. In addition to the spacesuit and bubble helmet, the EMU also includes a Remote Control Unit on his chest, a Portable Life-Support System backpack and an Oxygen Purge System. This equipment was completely independent of the spacecraft during Schweickart's spacewalk. He was secured only by a tether line.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- May 1969
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 lunar module pilot, is suited up at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a Countdown Demonstration Test during preparations for his scheduled lunar orbit mission. The other two crew members are astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander, and John W. Young, command module pilot.
Date 7/16/08
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
Apollo -- January 1970
Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., Apollo 13 lunar module pilot, participates in lunar surface simulation training at the Manned Spacecraft Center. It is known today as NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Haise is attached to a Six Degrees of Freedom Simulator.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- July 1971
Astronaut James B. Irwin, lu …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The shadow of the Lunar Module "Falcon" is in the foreground. This view is looking northeast, with Mount Hadley in the background. The photograph was taken by astronaut David R. Scott, commander.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo-Soyuz -- January 1974
Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" S …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton was the docking module pilot for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo-Soyuz -- April 1975
An exhibit illustrates the s …
7/16/08
Description An exhibit illustrates the spacesuits designed for the Soviet cosmonaut crewmen of the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking in Earth orbit mission. These suits were on display in the training building at the Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, near Moscow.
Date 7/16/08
APOLLO 11 16MM ONBOARD FILM
Film taken includes scenes t …
1969
Description Film taken includes scenes taken out Lunar Module (LM) window documenting lunar surface Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and LM ascent, rendezvouz and maneuver for docking during lunar orbit. Also includes views from the Lunar Module (LM) during descent and landing on moon, Neil Armstrong descending to lunar surface, scenes out LM window during ascent and approach with CSM.
Date 1969
APOLLO 12 16MM ONBOARD FILM
Film taken includes a solar …
1969
Description Film taken includes a solar eclipse, Charles Conrad and Alan Bean on lunar surface, and scenes of Lunar Module (LM) during lunar orbital rendezvouz and docking. Also includes view out Lunar Module (LM) window during landing and lunar surface Extravehicular Activity (EVA) with flag and various scenes of Charles Conrad, Alan Bean and Richard Gordon.
Date 1969
APOLLO 14 16MM ONBOARD FILM
Film taken includes views of …
1971
Description Film taken includes views of lunar surface Extravehicular Activity (EVA) with Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell and various views of the Command Service Module (CSM) and Lunar Module (LM). Also includes various interior views and activities or Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard, and Edgar Mitchell in the Command Module (CM).
Date 1971
CMP293 The Day Before (1988)
THE DAY BEFORE (EPISODE 1) C …
1988
Description THE DAY BEFORE (EPISODE 1) CMP 293 - (1988) - 29 Minutes This program highlights the mood of the people that surrounded the long awaited Apollo 11 mission. This journey captured the hearts of all America, as well as the world.
Date 1988
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
Apollo -- December 1972
Scientist-astronaut Harrison …
7/16/08
Description Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the mission's first spacewalk at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander. The lunar rake, an Apollo lunar geology hand tool, is used to collect discrete samples of rocks and rock chips ranging in size from one-half inch (1.3 centimeters) to 1 inch (2.5 centimeters).
Date 7/16/08
Alan Bean With Lunar Soil
Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bea …
5/6/09
Description Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean holds a special environmental sample container filled with lunar soil collected during his sojourn on the lunar surface. A Hasselblad camera is mounted on the chest of his spacesuit. Pete Conrad, who took this image, is reflected in Bean's helmet visor, Nov. 20, 1969. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
Lee R. Scherer
Lee R. Scherer was appointed …
11/13/08
Description Lee R. Scherer was appointed Director of the NASA Flight Research Center on October 11, 1971, a position he held until January 28, 1975. Mr. Scherer first worked with NASA in 1962 while still on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a Captain. Prior to his arriving at the Flight Research Center he was at NASA Headquarters' Office of Space Science and Applications, as Director of the Apollo Program for the scientific aspects of lunar explorations, Assistant Director of Lunar Programs, and Manager of the Lunar Orbiter Program from its inception in 1963 through its successful completion in 1967. Scherer graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1942. Most of Lee's 25-year Naval career was spent in aviation, including a tour flying carrier- based fighters and flight test experience with helicopters. Prior to entering the Naval Academy, he attended the University of Kentucky for one year. He received a second Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949 from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and his Master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1950. Lee also attended the Summer of Industrial Management Studies program at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1949. Awards he has received include the NASA?s Exceptional Service Medal in 1967 and NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1969.
Date 11/13/08
Apollo-Soyuz -- July 1975
The two Soviet crewmen for t …
7/16/08
Description The two Soviet crewmen for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, or ASTP, mission are photographed at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the morning of the Soviet ASTP liftoff on July 15, 1975. They are cosmonauts Aleksey A. Leonov (left), commander, and Valeriy N. Kubasov, flight engineer. Leonov is waving to well-wishers at the launch pad. The Soviet ASTP launch preceded the American ASTP Apollo liftoff by seven and one-half hours. The American and Soviet spacecraft were docked in Earth orbit for a total of about 47 hours on July 17-19, 1975. Image Credit: USSR Academy of Sciences
Date 7/16/08
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
Apollo -- February 1971
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot stands by the deployed U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the mission's first spacewalk. He was photographed by astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., mission commander. While astronauts Shepard and Mitchell descended in the Lunar Module "Antares" to explore the Fra Mauro region of the moon, astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Module "Kitty Hawk" in lunar orbit.
Date 7/16/08
APOLLO 15 16MM ONBOARD FILM
Film taken includes: - Unide …
1971
Description Film taken includes: - Unidentifiable views and a wide shot of the Mass Spectrometer experiment boom. - Views from camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during a lunar surface excursion, scenes as LRV drives, and David Scott unloading equipment from LRV. - View of Lunar Module (LM) taken during transposition and docking and dark views possibly during a trans-Earth Extravehicular Activity (EVA). - Views from the Lunar Module (LM) window during descent to the moon and ascent from the lunar surface and a view from the Command Service Module (CSM) of a subsatellite deployment. - View of Lunar Module (LM) during transposition and docking phase and various scenes taken from the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during a lunar excursion.
Date 1971
JSC272_Lunar_Space_Suits.wmv
LUNAR SPACE SUITS JSC 272 - …
1966
Description LUNAR SPACE SUITS JSC 272 - (1966) - 16 Minutes Andy Astronaut, an animated character, introduces the hazards Apollo lunar astronauts will encounter. Identifies and describes each article of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). Poses problems of extrav
Date 1966
Apollo-Soyuz -- July 1975
Astronauts Thomas P. Staffor …
7/16/08
Description Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left) and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton hold containers of Soviet space food in the Soyuz Orbital Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking in Earth orbit mission. The containers hold borsch (beet soup) over which vodka labels have been pasted. This was the crews' way of toasting each other.
Date 7/16/08
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
Mission Control Celebrates
Three of the four Apollo 13 …
8/1/08
Description Three of the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors applaud the successful splashdown of the Command Module "Odyssey" while Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Deputy Director, light up cigars (upper left). The Flight Directors are from left to right: Gerald D. Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz and Glynn S. Lunney.
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.
Restoration Comparison: Buzz …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin carrying experiment packages.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Buzz …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin entering the LM after an EVA.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Astr …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of astronauts storing rock samples into the LM.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Neil …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong's television panorama.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Buzz …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin walking and running.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Astr …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of the astronauts talking with President Nixon
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Buzz …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin kicking moon dust.
Date 2009
Partially Restored Video: Bu …
Partially restored video of …
2009
Description Partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin carrying experiment packages.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin hammering a core sample tube into the moon's surface.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin entering the LM after an EVA.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of astronauts storing rock samples into the LM.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Neil Armstrong climbing the ladder after the three hour EVA.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong unveil the commemorative plaque.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Neil Armstrong's television panorama.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Raising the American Flag.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin walking and running.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of the astronauts talking with President Nixon.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin kicking moon dust.
Date 2009
The Road to Apollo
The challenge: fly humans a …
2/23/09
Description The challenge: fly humans a quarter of a million miles, make a pinpoint landing on a strange planet, blast off and return home safely after an eight-day voyage through space. This photograph of Lunar Excursion Module pilot Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface was taken by Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong. Credit: NASA
Date 2/23/09
The Road to Apollo
The Scout program began in 1 …
3/2/09
Description The Scout program began in 1957 to build an inexpensive sounding rocket to carry small research payloads to high altitudes. Scout would eventually assist the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs by testing reentry materials, evaluating methods of protecting spacecraft from micrometeoroids, and examining ways of overcoming radio blackouts as a space capsule reentered the atmosphere. The first Scout launched at Wallops Island July 1, 1960. Credit: NASA
Date 3/2/09
The Road to Apollo
After Mercury came Gemini, t …
4/6/09
Description After Mercury came Gemini, the project that would put to the test the maneuvers that would be required if Apollo was to be successful. Gemini astronauts would have to practice the rendezvous and docking techniques necessary to link two spacecraft. Langley researchers built the Rendezvous Docking Simulator giving astronauts a routine opportunity to pilot dynamically-controlled scale-model vehicles in an environment that closely paralleled that of space. Credit: NASA
Date 4/6/09
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
Restoration Comparison: Buzz …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin hammering a core sample tube into the moon's surface.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Neil …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong climbing the ladder after the three hour EVA.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Neil …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong making his way to the lunar surface, by climbing down the lunar module ladder.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Buzz …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin follows Neil Armstrong down the lunar module ladder.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Buzz …
A side by sidy comparison of …
2009
Description A side by sidy comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong unveil the commemorative plaque.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Neil …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong photographing Buzz Aldrin setting up a Solar Wind Collector.
Date 2009
Restoration Comparison: Neil …
A side by side comparison of …
2009
Description A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Raising the American Flag.
Date 2009
Partially Restored Video: As …
Never before seen video of a …
2009
Description Never before seen video of astronauts jettisoning backpacks. The broadcasting companies of the day stopped recording, due to the fact that the astronauts were inside the LM getting ready for take off. A NASA employee filmed this by aiming his 8mm camera at a monitor.
Date 2009
Partially Restored Video: Ne …
Partially restored video of …
2009
Description Partially restored video of Neil Armstrong making his way to the lunar surface, by climbing down the lunar module ladder.nar surface, by climbing down the lunar module ladder.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin follows Neil Armstrong down the lunar module ladder.
Date 2009
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2009
Description Partially restored video of Neil Armstrong photographing Buzz Aldrin setting up a Solar Wind Collector.
Date 2009
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
Apollo 7
A bearded Walter Schirra, Ap …
4/2/08
Description A bearded Walter Schirra, Apollo 7 commander, gazes out the rendezvous window in front of the commander's station on the ninth day of the Earth orbital mission. Apollo 7 was crewed by Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham.(JWST) The mission was an engineering test flight designed primarily to test space vehicle and mission support facilities performance during a manned mission. Image Credit: NASA
Date 4/2/08
Sustainability Base Groundbr …
NASA held a ceremonial groun …
8/27/09
Description NASA held a ceremonial groundbreaking and dedication event on Aug. 25, 2009 for what is expected to become the highest-performing building in the federal government. The new, environmentally friendly building at NASA's Ames Research Center is being named 'Sustainability Base' in honor of the first humans to walk on the surface of another world from their Tranquility Base Apollo 11 lunar landing site 40 years ago. Pictured (left to right): Steve Zornetzer (associate center director), Lt. Gov John Garamendi, June Grant (AECOM), Pete Worden (center director), Kevin Burke (McDonough + Partners) and John Elwood (Swinerton Builders). Image credit: NASA/Eric James.
Date 8/27/09
Apollo 9
This fish-eye camera lens vi …
6/9/09
Description This fish-eye camera lens view of the interior of the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at the Kennedy Space Center is one of several selected by...
Date 6/9/09
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...
Date 4/13/09
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
Liquid Transfer Demonstratio …
A researcher working in the …
7/13/09
Description A researcher working in the Zero Gravity Research Facility at NASA's Lewis Research Center (now Glenn) prepares the Liquid Transfer Demonstration experiment to fly on the Apollo 14 mission. This experiment studied how tank designs influenced the pumping of liquids between tanks in microgravity. Image credit: NASA Photographer: Paul Riedel
Date 7/13/09
The Road to Apollo
Even before the Space Task G …
3/30/09
Description Even before the Space Task Group was formally organized, Langley had begun to develop the concept of the "Little Joe" test vehicle that became the workhorse of the nation's initial humans-in-space program -- Mercury. Little Joe, a solid fuel rocket, carried instrumented payloads to various altitudes and allowed engineers to check the operation of the Mercury capsule escape rocket and recovery systems. Here Langley technicians construct the Little Joe capsules in-house in Langley's shops. Credit: NASA
Date 3/30/09
The Road to Apollo
Project Fire explored the in …
3/9/09
Description Project Fire explored the intense heat of atmospheric reentry and its effects on would-be spacecraft materials. Although the ultimate tests involved Atlas rockets carrying recoverable reentry packages, the flight tests from Cape Canaveral were preceded by a series of important wind-tunnel tests at Langley. Here technicians ready materials for a high-temperature wind tunnel test. Credit: NASA
Date 3/9/09
The Road to Apollo
As project Mercury began in …
3/16/09
Description As project Mercury began in the late 1950s, Langley was thrust full force into the national spotlight with the arrival in Hampton of the original seven astronauts. Under the tutelage of the Space Task Group, (from left front row) Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Donald "Deke" Slayton, Gordon Cooper, (back row) Alan Shepard, Walter Schirra and John Glenn were trained at Langley to operate the space machines that would thrust them beyond the protective environment of Earth's atmosphere. Credit: NASA
Date 3/16/09
The Road to Apollo
A full-scale model of the Me …
3/16/09
Description A full-scale model of the Mercury capsule was tested in the Langley 30- by 60-Foot Full-Scale Wind Tunnel. Managed at Langley Research Center, the objectives of the Mercury program were quite specific -- to orbit a crewed spacecraft around the Earth, to investigate the ability of humans to function in space and to recover both human and spacecraft safely. Project Mercury accomplished the first orbital flight made by an American, astronaut John Glenn. Credit: NASA
Date 3/16/09
Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Hai …
Astronaut Fred Haise Jr. of …
4/17/00
Description Astronaut Fred Haise Jr. of Biloxi, Miss., views his Apollo 13 mission patch, the flight on which he served in 1970, in a StenniSphere display donated to NASA by the American Needlepoint Guild. The exhibit is on permanent display at StenniSphere, the visitor center at John C. Stennis Space Center. In its first year of operation, more than 251,000 visitors representing over 40 countries have viewed the 123 hand-stitched patches in the exhibit. Forty-two guild members from 20 states made the trip to StenniSphere for the opening of the exhibit, one of the most popular at StenniSphere.
Date 4/17/00
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
Skylab -- August 1973
On a spacewalk, astronaut Ow …
7/16/08
Description On a spacewalk, astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit.
Date 7/16/08
Gemini -- August 1966
Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Al …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, prime crew pilot of the Gemini XII spaceflight, undergoes evaluation procedures with the Astronaut Maneuvering Unit in the 30-foot altitude chamber at McDonnell Aircraft. The Astronaut Maneuvering Unit subsequently was deleted from the mission so Aldrin could demonstrate basic spacwalk capabilities required for Apollo missions.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo Lunar Landing Sites
Title Apollo Lunar Landing Sites
Abstract This visualization shows a fly by of the lunar surface highlighting each Apollo lunar landing site.
Completed 2004-10-15
Historic Kennedy Operations …
NASA's Kennedy Space Center …
1/26/09
Description NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Lockheed Martin Corp. hosted a ceremony on Jan. 26 to mark the completion of renovations to the historic Operations and Checkout Building high bay for use by the Constellation Program. Originally built to process space vehicles in the Apollo era, the building will serve as the final assembly facility for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
Date 1/26/09
Manned Lunar Observatory
When humans return to the Mo …
3/4/08
Description When humans return to the Moon, their visits will likely extend beyond the week-long trips of Apollo. One possible mission is to establish a lunar observatory with a radio telescope built into the lunar surface. Such an outpost would require efficient and reliable space power systems. NASA Glenn plays an important role in defining requirements and providing technologies for future power systems. acrylic painting by Les Bossinas (ERC, Inc.), 1988
Date 3/4/08
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
Lunar Lander Exhibit
NASA's Lunar Lander exhibit …
9/25/00
Description NASA's Lunar Lander exhibit is located at the Mississippi I-10 Welcome Center in Hancock County, Miss., just west of Bay St. Louis and 45 miles east of New Orleans on I-10 at Exit 2. The exhibit features a 30-foot-tall replica of a Lunar Lander used as a trainer by the Apollo 13 astronauts. Apollo 13 astronaut and Mississippi native Fred Haise left space-boot prints and signature in concrete at the base of the exhibit.
Date 9/25/00
Apollo 9
This fish-eye camera lens vi …
6/9/09
Description This fish-eye camera lens view of the interior of the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at the Kennedy Space Center is one of several selected by...
Date 6/9/09
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 11 Astronauts and Apo …
Title Apollo 11 Astronauts and Apollo/Saturn V Space Vehicle
Full Description NASA's Apollo 11 flight crew, Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, command module pilot, and Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot stand near the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would eventually carry them into space on July 16,1969.
Date 05/20/1969
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Skylab -- February 1974
Scientist-astronaut Edward G …
7/16/08
Description Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just exited the Skylab extravehicular activity hatchway. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, took this picture during the final Skylab spacewalk that took place on Feb. 3, 1974. Carr was above on the Apollo Telescope Mount when he shot this frame of Gibson. Note Carr's umbilical/tether line extending from inside the space station up toward the camera. Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, remained inside the space station during the spacewalk by Carr and Gibson.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the W …
Title Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House.
Full Description Apollo 7 and 8 flight crews sign a commemorative document to be hung in the Treaty Room of the White House honoring the occasion. Those signing are from left to right: Apollo 7 Astronauts: Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter M. Schirra. Apollo 8 Astronauts: William A. Anders, James A. Lovell, Jr., and Frank Borman. Standing are: Charles A. Lindbergh (also a signer) Lady Bird Johnson President Lyndon B. Johnson NASA Administrator James E. Webb, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
Date 12/03/1968
NASA Center Headquarters
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
APOLLO 17 : The Final Splash …
Title APOLLO 17 : The Final Splashdown
Description APOLLO 17 returns safely to Earth, bringing to an end the APOLLO series of lunar missions 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.
NASA Honors Fallen Colleague …
NASA's Kennedy Space Center …
12/9/09
Description NASA's Kennedy Space Center managers paid tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance observance on Jan. 29. Kennedy Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana, Kennedy Deputy Center Director Janet Petro and United Space Alliance Vice President of Launch and Recovery Systems and Florida Site Executive Mark Nappi took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Space Mirror Memorial. NASA's Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.
Date 12/9/09
President Nixon with Dr. Jam …
Title President Nixon with Dr. James Fletcher and Apollo 16 Astronauts
Full Description A model of the Apollo-Soyuz spacecraft with docking adapter is shown to President Richard Nixon. The NASA Apollo 16 astronauts, John W. Young, Charles M. Duke, Thomas K. Mattingly, with NASA Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher met with President Richard Nixon at the White House for a progress report on the Joint U.S. and U.S.S.R. Space Docking Project. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project launched three years later on July 15, 1975.
Date 06/15/1972
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: …
Title Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Andes Flyover
Abstract In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary Apollo 17 mission, NASA put together a special release highlighting one of the most popular photos taken during that mission. The photo (#AS17-148-22727) was taken on Dec. 7, 1972 from the Apollo 17 command module. Over the years, many other satellites have taken imagery of Earth, including Terra/MODIS. This animation uses a global mosaic derived from Terra/MODIS and flys us over the Andes Mountains to celebrate how far Earth science imagery has come since the days of Apollo 17.
Completed 2002-11-21
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: …
Title Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble European Fly-over
Abstract In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary Apollo 17 mission, NASA put together a special release highlighting one of the most popular photos taken during this mission. The photo (#AS17-148-22727) was taken on Dec. 7, 1972 from the Apollo 17 command module. Over the years, many other satellites have taken imagery of Earth, including Terra/MODIS. This animation uses a global mosaic derived from Terra/MODIS and flys us over Europe, Africa, and Asia to celebrate how far Earth science imagery has come since the days of Apollo 17.
Completed 2002-11-21
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: …
Title Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Italian Fly-over
Abstract In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary Apollo 17 mission, NASA put together a special release highlighting one of the most popular photos taken during that mission. The photo (#AS17-148-22727) was taken on Dec. 7, 1972 from the Apollo 17 command module. Over the years, many other satellites have taken imagery of Earth, including Terra/MODIS. This animation uses a global mosaic derived from Terra/MODIS and flys us over Italy to celebrate how far Earth science imagery has come since the days of Apollo 17.
Completed 2002-11-21
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: …
Title Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Himalayan Fly-over
Abstract In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary Apollo 17 mission, NASA put together a special release highlighting one of the most popular photos taken during that mission. The photo (#AS17-148-22727) was taken on Dec. 7, 1972 from the Apollo 17 command module. Over the years, many other satellites have taken imagery of Earth, including Terra/MODIS. This animation uses a global mosaic derived from Terra/MODIS and flys us over the Himalayan Mountains to celebrate how far Earth science imagery has come since the days of Apollo 17.
Completed 2002-11-21
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
Astronauts Training on the L …
Name of Image Astronauts Training on the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1970-06-01
Full Description This image depicts the Apollo 16 mission astronauts John Young (right) and Charles Duke (left) in pressure suits during a final crew training on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), building 4619. Developed by the MSFC, the LRV was the lightweight electric car designed to increase the range of mobility and productivity of astronauts on the lunar surface. It was used on the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17.
Lousma and Carr on Lunar Rov …
Name of Image Lousma and Carr on Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Trainer
Date of Image 1970-08-13
Full Description Astronauts Jack Lousma (seated) and Gerald Carr tested the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) training unit on the sands near Pismo Beach. The vehicle was built by the AC Delco electronics division of General Motors Corporation. Under the direction of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the LRV was designed to allow Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration missions. The LRVs were deployed during the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) T …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Trainer
Date of Image 1970-11-17
Full Description Delco engineers are operating this Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Trainer. Built by by Delco Electronics Division of the General Motors Corporation, the trainer was shipped to NASA?s Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas for an astronaut training program. Under the direction of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the LRV was designed to allow Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration missions. The LRVs were deployed during the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) W …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Wheel
Date of Image 1971-04-01
Full Description This is a close-up view of a left front wheel of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 1. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration. It was an open-space and collapsible vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and camera. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was built by the Boeing Company under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) F …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Folded Configuration
Date of Image 1971-07-01
Full Description This photograph shows a rear view of a folded configuration of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 2. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration. It was an open-space and collapsible vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and camera. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was built by the Boeing Company under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) W …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Wheel
Date of Image 1971-04-01
Full Description This is a close-up inboard view of a left front wheel of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 1. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater Range of mobility during lunar exploration. It was an open-space and collapsible vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and camera. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was built by the Boeing Company under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) W …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Wheel Strut
Date of Image 1971-04-01
Full Description This is a close-up view of a right rear wheel strut of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 1. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration. It was an open-space and collapsible vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and camera. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was built by the Boeing Company under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) F …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Folded Configuration
Date of Image 1971-07-01
Full Description This photograph shows a front view of a folded configuration of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 2. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration. It was an open-space and collapsible vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and camera. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was built by the Boeing Company under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) C …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Control Console
Date of Image 1971-06-01
Full Description This photograph is a view of a display, control console, and hand controller for the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 2. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration. It was an open-space and collapsible vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and camera. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was built by the Boeing Company under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
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
Saturn V First Stage in B-2 …
The first stage of the Satur …
1/1/67
Description The first stage of the Saturn V rocket awaits testing in the B test stand at the Mississippi Test Facility, now Stennis Space Center, where testing of all first and second stages of the rocket during the Apollo program took place.
Date 1/1/67
Apollo 10 and 11 crews photo …
Title Apollo 10 and 11 crews photographed during Apollo 10 debriefing
Description The prime crew of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission and the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission are photographed during an Apollo 10 post-flight debriefing session. Clockwise, from left foreground, are Astronauts Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 lunar module pilot, Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo 10 commander, Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, and John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot.
Date Taken 1969-06-03
Apollo 10 and 11 crews photo …
Title Apollo 10 and 11 crews photographed during Apollo 10 debriefing
Description The prime crew of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission and the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission are photographed during an Apollo 10 post-flight debriefing session. Clockwise, from left foreground, are Astronauts Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 lunar module pilot, Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo 10 commander, Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, and John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot.
Date Taken 1969-06-03
Apollo 11 Mission Official R …
Title Apollo 11 Mission Official Relax After Apollo 11 Liftoff
Full Description Apollo 11 mission officials relax in the Launch Control Center following the successful Apollo 11 liftoff on July 16, 1969. From left to right are: Charles W. Mathews, Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, George Mueller, Associate Administrator for the Office of Manned Space Flight, Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, Director of the Apollo Program
Date 07/16/1969
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: …
Title Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Blue Marble Drift-in
Abstract In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary Apollo 17 mission, NASA put together a special release highlighting one of the most popular photos taken during this mission. The photo (#AS17-148-22727) was taken on Dec. 7, 1972 from the Apollo 17 command module. It was the first full Earth photograph revealing the Antarctic continent. Over the years, many other satellites have taken imagery of Earth, including Terra/MODIS. This animation uses a global mosaic derived from Terra/MODIS. As a tribute to its predecessor, this Blue Marble data set has been aligned to the same angle and pitch that the famous Apollo 17 photograph was taken.
Completed 2002-11-21
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.
Apollo 10 Roll-out
Title Apollo 10 Roll-out
Full Description Apollo 10 rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Complex 39B.
Date 3/11/1969
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Odyssey On Deck
Title Odyssey On Deck
Full Description Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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 30th Anniversary: …
Title Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Land Classification
Abstract A tour of land classification data as extracted from Terra/MODIS observations.
Completed 2002-11-22
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: …
Title Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Carbon Monoxide
Abstract A view of the distribution of carbon monoxide in the Earth's atmosphere collected from Terra/MOPITT.
Completed 2002-11-22
APOLLO 10: Simulated Lunar G …
Title APOLLO 10: Simulated Lunar Gravity Training
Description Training for APOLLO 10. The astronauts train in a simulated microgravity environment - underwater and in the air - to familiarise them with the effect of lunar gravity. From the film documentary "APOLLO 10: 'Green Light for a Lunar Landing'". Part of a documentary series made in the early 70's on the APOLLO missions, and narrated by Burgess Meredith. (Actual date created is not known at this time) APOLLO 10: Manned lunar orbital flight with Thomas P Stafford, John W. Young, and Eugene A. Cernan to test all aspects of an actual manned lunar landing except the landing. Mission Duration 192hrs 3mins 23 sec
Date 01.23.1974
APOLLO 11: The heroes Return
Title APOLLO 11: The heroes Return
Description The crew of APOLLO 11 return as heroes after their succesfull landing on the lunar surface. From the film documentary "APOLLO 11:'The Eagle Has Landed'", part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APOLLO 11: First manned lunar landing and return to Earth with Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin. Landed in the Sea of Tranquilityon July 20, 1969, deployed TV camera and EASEP experiments, performed lunar surface EVA, returned lunar soil samples. Mission Duration 195 hrs 18 min 35sec
Date 01.23.1974
APOLLO 13: The Spirit that B …
Title APOLLO 13: The Spirit that Built America
Description APOLLO 13: Nixon commends the crew of APOLLO 13 From the film documentary 'APOLLO 13: 'Houston, We've got a problem'', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APOLO 13 : Third manned lunar landing attempt with James A. Lovell, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr., and Fred w. Haise, Jr. Pressure lost in SM oxygen system, mission aborted, LM used for life support. Mission Duration 142hrs 54mins 41sec
Date 01.23.1974
APOLLO 16: Putting the 'rove …
Title APOLLO 16: Putting the 'rover' thru its paces
Description APOLLO 16 : Cmdr Young puts the 'rover' thru a full field test... From the film documentary 'APOLLO 16: 'Nothing So Hidden'', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APOLLO 16: Fifth manned lunar landing mission with John W. Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles M. Duke. Landed at Descartes on April 20 1972. Deployed camera and experiments, performed EVA with lunar roving vehicle. Deployed P&F subsattelite in lunar orbit. Mission Duration 265hrs. 51 min. 5sec.
Date 01.23.1974
APOLLO 17 : 'Rover' gets som …
Title APOLLO 17 : 'Rover' gets some Rough and Ready Repair
Description APOLLO 17 : Some tough roving neccesitates rough and ready repairs 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 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 9 : Who's in charge o …
Title APOLLO 9 : Who's in charge of Spider & Gumdrop?
Description Introduces the crew of the APOLLO 9 mission. From the film documentary 'APOLLO 9: The Duet of Spider & Gumdrop": part of a documentary series made in the early 70's on the APOLLO missions, and narrated by Burgess Meredith. (Actual date created is not known at this time) Mission: APOLLO 9: Earth orbital flight with James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell Schweickart. First flight of the Lunar Module. Performed rendezvous, docking and E.V.A..Mission Duration 241hrs 0m 54s.
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.
Buzz Lightyear Returns From …
ED09-0266-09 Disney's space …
9/18/09
Description ED09-0266-09 Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11 aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. His time on the orbiting laboratory will be celebrated in a ticker-tape parade together with his space station crewmates and former Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin on Oct. 2 at Walt Disney World in Florida. September 11, 2009 NASA Photo / Tony Landis
Date 9/18/09
Apollo 11 Astronauts Swarmed …
Title Apollo 11 Astronauts Swarmed by Thousands In Mexico City Parade.
Full Description The Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, wearing sombreros and ponchos, are swarmed by thousands in Mexico City as their motorcade is slowed by the enthusiastic crowd. The GIANTSTEP-APOLLO 11 Presidential Goodwill Tour emphasized the willingness of the United States to share its space knowledge. The tour carried the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives to 24 countries and 27 cities in 45 days.
Date 09/23/1969
NASA Center Headquarters
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
Saturn V Third Stage LM Adap …
Title Saturn V Third Stage LM Adapter
Full Description Attached to the Saturn IV-B stage, the Lunar Module Adapter's four panels are retracted to the fully open position. This is where the Lunar Module (LM) is stored during launch. On missions requiring the use of a LM, the four panels would be retracted and jettisoned before rendezvous and docking. This photo was taken during the Apollo 7 mission, when no Lunar Module was carried. The SIV-B stage flew as the second stage on a Saturn IB rocket. It is also used as the third stage on the Saturn V. The Apollo 7 mission was designed to test the Apollo Command and Service Module spacecraft systems specifically. Apollo 9 was the first mission to fly the Lunar Module.
Date 10/11/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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 11 Astronaust Welcome …
Title Apollo 11 Astronaust Welcomed to Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium
Full Description The King of Belgium, Baudouin I, and his Queen, Fabiola, pose along with the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives in the reception hall of the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium.
Date 10/09/1970
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 13 Senate Space Commi …
Title Apollo 13 Senate Space Committee Hearings
Full Description Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr., Commander of the Apollo 13, relates to the members of the Senate Space Committee in an open session the problems of the Apollo 13 mission. In the background is Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator.
Date 04/24/1970
NASA Center Headquarters
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
Dr. George Mueller Follows t …
Title Dr. George Mueller Follows the Progress of the Apollo 11 Mission
Full Description Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, NASA, follows the progress of the Apollo 11 mission. This photo was taken on July 16, 1969 in the Launch Control Center at the Spaceport on the morning of the launch.
Date 07/16/1969
NASA Center Kennedy 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
The Apollo 14 Prime Crew
Title The Apollo 14 Prime Crew
Full Description The prime crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. From left to right they are: Command Module pilot, Stuart A. Roosa, Commander, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell. The Apollo 14 mission emblem is in the background.
Date 12/03/1970
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Apollo 15 Prime Crew
Title The Apollo 15 Prime Crew
Full Description The prime crew of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. They are from left to right: Commander, David R. Scott, Command Module pilot, Alfred M. Worden and Lunar Module pilot, James B. Irwin. The Apollo 15 emblem is in the background.
Date 06/28/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Deployment Simulation of the …
Name of Image Deployment Simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1971-07-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Installation of the Lunar Ro …
Name of Image Installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the Lunar Module
Date of Image 1971-04-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during the installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Installation of the Lunar Ro …
Name of Image Installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the Lunar Module
Date of Image 1971-04-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during the installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Lunar Roving Vehicle Deploym …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle Deployment Test
Date of Image 1971-11-01
Full Description This photograph shows workmen at the Boeing plant in Kent, Washington, performing deployment tests on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, was designed to allow Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility on the lunar surface during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17.
Installation of the Lunar Ro …
Name of Image Installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the Lunar Module
Date of Image 1971-04-01
Full Description This photograph shows the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) being prepared for installation in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Deployment Simulation of the …
Name of Image Deployment Simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1970-01-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Deployment Simulation of the …
Name of Image Deployment Simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1971-07-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Deployment Simulation of the …
Name of Image Deployment Simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1971-07-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Deployment Simulation of the …
Name of Image Deployment Simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1971-07-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Deployment Simulation of the …
Name of Image Deployment Simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Date of Image 1971-07-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during a deployment simulation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Lunar Roving Vehicle Testing …
Name of Image Lunar Roving Vehicle Testing at the Johnson Space Center
Date of Image 1972-01-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during the testing of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the Johnson Space Center. Developed by the MSFC, the LRV was the lightweight electric car designed to increase the range of mobility and productivity of astronauts on the lunar surface. It was used on the last three Apollo missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17.
AS-205 Launch
Name of Image AS-205 Launch
Date of Image 1968-10-01
Full Description AS-205, the fifth Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the first marned Apollo-Saturn mission, Apollo 7. Primary mission objectives included demonstration of the Apollo crew (Walter Schirra, Don Eisele, and Walter Cunningham) capabilities and the Command/Service Module rendezvous capability. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975.
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
The Return of Buzz Lightyear
Disney's space ranger Buzz L …
9/17/09
Description Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11, aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. His time on the orbiting laboratory will celebrated in a ticker-tape parade together with his space station crewmates and former Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin on Oct. 2, at Walt Disney World in Florida. While on the space station, Buzz supported NASA's education outreach program-- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)--by creating a series of fun educational online outreach programs. Following his return, Disney is partnering with NASA to create a new online educational game and an online mission patch competition for school kids across America. NASA will fly the winning patch in space. In addition, NASA plans to announce on Oct. 2, 2009, the details of a new exciting educational competition that will give students the opportunity to design an experiment for the astronauts on the space station. Image Credit: NASA
Date 9/17/09
An excellent view of the unm …
11/20/69
Date 11/20/69
Description An excellent view of the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft which was photographed during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, landed within 600 feet of Surveyor III in the Ocean of Storms. The television camera and several other pieces were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific examination.
View of the Surveyor III spa …
11/20/69
Date 11/20/69
Description View of the Surveyor III spacecraft and camera which was photographed during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, landed within 600 feet of Surveyor III in the Ocean of Storms. The television camera and several other pieces were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific examination.
View of the Surveyor III foo …
11/20/69
Date 11/20/69
Description View of the Surveyor III footpads and the depressions which were made upon landing on the moon. These photographs were taken during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, landed within 600 feet of Surveyor III in the Ocean of Storms. The television camera and several other pieces were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific examination.
View of the Surveyor III rob …
11/20/69
Date 11/20/69
Description View of the Surveyor III robotic arm and the trenches it created in the lunar soil. These photographs were taken during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, landed within 600 feet of Surveyor III in the Ocean of Storms. The television camera and several other pieces were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific examination.
View of the Surveyor III spa …
11/20/69
Date 11/20/69
Description View of the Surveyor III spacecraft and camera which was photographed during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, landed within 600 feet of Surveyor III in the Ocean of Storms. The television camera and several other pieces were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific examination.
View of two U.S. spacecraft …
11/20/69
Date 11/20/69
Description View of two U.S. spacecraft on the surface of the moon, taken during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA-2). The Apollo 12 Lunar Module is in the background. The unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft is in the foreground.
The Surveyor III camera, whi …
11/20/69
Date 11/20/69
Description The Surveyor III camera, which was once white, is covered in fine lunar dust. The unmanned Surveyor was photographed during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the surface of the Moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module, landed within 600 feet of Surveyor III in the Ocean of Storms. The television camera and several other pieces were taken from Surveyor III and brought back to Earth for scientific examination.
Official emblem of Apollo 7, …
Title Official emblem of Apollo 7, first manned Apollo space mission
Description Official emblem of Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo space mission.
Date Taken 1968-06-01
Albert Siepert Points Out Hi …
Title Albert Siepert Points Out Highlights of Apollo 10 Liftoff to Belgium King and Queen
Full Description Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director for Administration, Albert Siepert, seated at left on third row, points out highlights of Apollo 10 liftoff to Belgiums King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. Next to the queen is Mrs. Siepert. Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, in baseball cap at right, talks with Mr. And Mrs. Emil Mosbacher, seated next to him. Mr. Mosbacher is the Chief of U.S. Protocol. The Apollo 10 astronauts were launched by an Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle at 12:49 pm EDT, May 18, 1969, from KSC launch complex 39B.
Date 05/18/1969
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
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
NASA Administration Before t …
Title NASA Administration Before the Senate Regarding Apollo 1
Full Description Seated at the witness table before the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Services, chaired by Senator Clinton P. Anderson, on the Apollo 1 (Apollo 204) accident are (left to right): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, NASA Deputy Administrator, James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, and Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director. Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died tragically inside the Apollo 1 Command Module during a preflight test. The astronauts were unable to exit the spacecraft when a fire, most likely caused by faulty wiring and exacerbated by an oxygen leak, broke out in the Command Module.
Date 05/09/1967
NASA Center Headquarters
Spiro Agnew Congratulates La …
Title Spiro Agnew Congratulates Launch Control After Launch of Apollo 17
Full Description Vice President Spiro T. Agnew congratulates launch team personnel, in firing room #1 of launch control minutes after the successful launch of Apollo 17 from Complex 39-A at 12:33 am EST, December 7, 1972, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard. Apollo 17, NASA's sixth and final manned lunar landing mission in the Apollo program, landed within 200 feet of the targeted point in the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the lunar surface at 2:55 pm EST on December 11, 1972.
Date 12/13/1972
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Interior View of the Apollo …
Title Interior View of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module and the "Mailbox
Full Description An interior view of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module and the "mailbox." The "mailbox" was a jerry-rigged arrangement which the Apollo 13 astronauts built to use the Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to purge carbon dioxide from the Lunar Module. Lithium hydroxide is used to scrub CO2 from the spacecraft atmosphere. Since there was a limited amount of lithium hydroxide in the Lunar Module, this arrangement was rigged up using the canisters from the Command Module. The "mailbox" was designed and tested on the ground at the Manned Spacecraft Center before it was suggested to the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen. Because of the explosion of an oxygen tank in the Service Module, the three astronauts had to use the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Johnson 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.
Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage …
Name of Image Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage for the Apollo 4 Mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building
Date of Image 1967-06-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during the final assembly operation of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 4 (SA 501) mission. The S-IVB (third) stage was hoisted to be mated to the S-IC/S-II/IU assembly in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 4 mission was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Objectives of the unmanned Apollo 4 test flight were to obtain flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, and subsystems operation including testing of restart of the S-IVB stage, and to evaluate the Apollo command module heat shield. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC.
Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage …
Name of Image Saturn V S-IVB (Third) Stage for the Apollo 4 Mission in the Vehicle Assembly Building
Date of Image 1967-06-01
Full Description This photograph was taken during the final assembly operation of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 4 (SA 501) mission. The S-IVB (third) stage was mated to the S-IC/S-II/IU assembly in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 4 mission was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Objectives of the unmanned Apollo 4 test flight were to obtain flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, and subsystems operation including testing of restart of the S-IVB stage, and to evaluate the Apollo command module heat shield. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC.
Saturn V (SA-501) for the Ap …
Name of Image Saturn V (SA-501) for the Apollo 4 Mission Rollout
Date of Image 1967-08-01
Full Description This picture shows the Saturn V vehicle (AS-501), for the Apollo 4 mission on the Crawler Transporter Vehicle. It was rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building and slowly (1 mph) moved to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Apollo 4 mission was the first launch of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Objectives of the unmanned Apollo 4 test flight were to obtain flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, and subsystems operation including testing of restart of the S-IVB stage, and to evaluate the Apollo command module heat shield. The Apollo 4 was launched on November 9, 1967 from KSC.
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.
Apollo 8 Crew
Name of Image Apollo 8 Crew
Date of Image 1968-11-21
Full Description The Apollo 8 Crew (L to R) Frank Borman, commander, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot pose in front of the Apollo mission simulator during training. The three served as the crew for the first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apollo craft to enter lunar orbit. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 with a safe return to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 Crew
Name of Image Apollo 8 Crew
Date of Image 1968-09-09
Full Description The Apollo 8 Crew included (L to R) James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and Frank Borman, Commander. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apollo craft to enter lunar orbit, the SA-503, Apollo 8 mission liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 and returned safely to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 Launch Control Cent …
Name of Image Apollo 8 Launch Control Center Operations
Date of Image 1968-12-21
Full Description This photograph depicts a busy Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo 8 mission prelaunch activities. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apollo craft to enter lunar orbit, the SA-503, Apollo 8 The crew included astronauts Frank Borman, Commander, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot. The three safely returned to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Name of Image Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Date of Image 1973-01-01
Full Description This illustration depicts a configuration of the Soyuz spacecraft for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The ASTP was the first international docking of the U.S.'s Apollo spacecraft and the U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz spacecraft in space. For this project, the Soviets built another in their continuing series of Soyuz space capsules. The U.S. used the Saturn IB Apollo capsule. A joint engineering team from the two countries met to develop a docking system that permitted the two spacecraft to link in space and allowed the crews to travel from one spacecraft to the other.
NASA TV's This Week @NASA, D …
* The three crew members of …
12/04/09
Description * The three crew members of Expedition 21 made a safe landing in a Soyuz spacecraft after departing the International Space Station several hours earlier. * NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden presented Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise, Jr. with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a special ceremony in Biloxi, Mississippi, Haise√¢s hometown. * Thirty-seven years ago the Apollo 17 mission began with this early morning launch from the Kennedy Space Center. * NASA'S revolutionary Kepler space telescope has been honored by two leading magazines. Popular Science Magazine dubbed the planet-hunting telescope the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award, and Popular Mechanics lauded its achievement with a 2009 Breakthrough Award. * NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is on track to begin its mission this week. WISE is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Delta II rocket.
Date 12/04/09
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 103/Saturn 503 Mate
Title Apollo 103/Saturn 503 Mate
Full Description The 103 Apollo Command/Service Module is shown being mated to the Instrument Unit atop the three-stage Apollo/Saturn 503 Launch Vehicle inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).
Date 10/7/1968
NASA Center Kennedy 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
Apollo 11 Preparations
Title Apollo 11 Preparations
Full Description The Apollo 11 Command/Service Module (CSM) are being mated to the Saturn V Lunar Module Adapter.
Date 4/11/1969
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 16
Title Apollo 16
Full Description The Apollo 16 prime crew mission portrait. The astronauts are, from left to right, Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, John W. Young, commander, and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot.
Date 01/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 16 Astronauts Train f …
Title Apollo 16 Astronauts Train for Lunar Landing Mission
Full Description Apollo 16 astronauts (left to right), Lunar Module Pilot Charles M. Duke, Commander John W. Young, and Command Module Pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II during a training exercise in preparation for the Lunar Landing Mission.
Date 02/06/1972
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 17
Title Apollo 17
Full Description The prime crew of Apollo 17, photographed with a Lunar Roving vehicle trainer. They are Eugene A Cernan (seated), commander, Ronald E. Evans (standing on right), command module pilot, and Harrison H. Schmitt, (standing on left) lunar module pilot.
Date 09/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 7 Launch
Title Apollo 7 Launch
Full Description The Apollo 7 Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968. A tracking antenna is on the left and a pad service structure on the right.
Date 10/11/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 8 Recovery
Title Apollo 8 Recovery
Full Description A team of U.S. Navy underwater demolition swimmers prepares the Apollo 8 command module for being hoisted aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, prime recovery vessel for the initial manned lunar orbital mission. The crew members - astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders - had already egressed the spacecraft and were aboard the recovery ship at the time of this photo.
Date 12/27/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Deke Slayton Suits Up
Title Deke Slayton Suits Up
Full Description Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Prime Crew Member Donald "Deke" K. Slayton suits up for an altitude test of the Apollo command module in an altitude chamber of KSC's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB).
Date 1/14/1975
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johns …
Title Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson Watch the Apollo 11 Liftoff
Full Description Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969.
Date 07/16/1969
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
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
Apollo 15's Home on the Moon
Title Apollo 15's Home on the Moon
Explanation Could you ever call this place home? The lunar module [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/LMordered.html ] shown above, named "Falcon," served as home for Apollo 15 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html ] astronauts David Scott and James Irwin [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.crew.html#irwinbio ] during their stay on the Moon in July and August 1971. Meanwhile, astronaut Alfred Worden [ http://nauts.com/astro/worden/worden.html ] circled in the command module overhead. Harsh sunlight on the grey lunar surface lends the image an eerie quality, while the Lunar Apennine Mountains [ http://www.u-net.com/ph/mas/members/lunar/alpine.htm ] frame the background. Mount Hadley Delta is visible on the right. Visible in the foreground are tracks from the first Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS15/LRV.html ], an electric car which enabled the astronauts to explore extended areas on the lunar surface. Apollo 15 [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-15/apollo-15.html ] confirmed that most lunar surface features were created by impacts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960112.html ]. Rocks returned by the Apollo 15 [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS15/Apollo15_fact.html ] crew included green glasses whose formation mechanism is still unclear.
Lunar Roving Vehicle Test Un …
Title Lunar Roving Vehicle Test Unit with Astronauts
Full Description In this November 1971 photograph, (from left to right) Astronauts John Young, Eugene Cernan, Charles Duke, Fred Haise, Anthony England, Charles Fullerton, and Donald Peterson await deployment tests of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) qualification test unit in Building 4649 at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The LRV, developed under the direction of the MSFC, was designed to allow Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility on the lunar surface during last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17.
Date 11/1/1971
NASA Center Marshall Space Flight Center
Apollo 1 crew in training
Title Apollo 1 crew in training
Full Description The prime crew of Apollo 1, Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, Edward H. White, II, and Roger B. Chaffee, during training in Florida. On January 27, 1967, the crew was killed when a fire erupted in their capsule during testing. Apollo 1 was originally designated AS- 204 but following the fire, the astronauts? widows requested that the mission be remembered as Apollo 1 and following missions would be numbered subsequent to the flight that never made it into space.
Date 01/1967
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 11 Astronauts Receive …
Title Apollo 11 Astronauts Receive a Papal Audience by Pope Paul VI
Full Description The Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins, and their wives receive a papal audience by Pope Paul VI in the Papal Library, St. Peters Cathedral at the Vatican. The GIANTSTEP-APOLLO 11 Presidential Goodwill Tour emphasized the willingness of the United States to share its space knowledge, and carried the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives to 24 countries and 27 cities in 45 days.
Date 10/16/1969
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 11 Crew in Raft befor …
Title Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery
Full Description The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The fourth man in the life raft is a United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmer. All four men are wearing Biological Isolation Garments (BIG). The Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia," with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the USS Hornet.
Date 07/24/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 13
Title Apollo 13
Full Description Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center, during the fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 spacecraft while enroute to the Moon. Eugene F. Kranz (foreground, back to camera), one of four Apollo 13 Flight Directors, views the large screen at front of MOCR. Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is seen on the screen. The fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 mission was on the evening of April 13, 1970. Shortly after the transmission ended and during a routine proceedure that required the crew to flip a switch that stirred one of the cryogenic liquid oxygen tanks, an explosion occurred that ended any hope of a lunar landing and jeopordized the lives of the three crew members.
Date 04/13/1970
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 13 Astronauts on the …
Title Apollo 13 Astronauts on the U.S.S. Iwo Jima
Full Description The crew of the Apollo 13 mission step aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific. Exiting the helicopter, which made the pick-up some four miles from the Iwo Jima are (from left) astronauts Fred. W. Haise, Jr., lunar module pilot, James A. Lovell Jr., commander, and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970.
Date 04/17/1970
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 13 EVA Walk-Through
Title Apollo 13 EVA Walk-Through
Full Description The two members of the Apollo 13 crew who will land on the Moon's Fra Mauro region in the lunar module this spring underwent a walk-through of the extravehicular activity timeline here today. Fred W. haise, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot, tries out a motorized core sampler, right, while James A. Lovell, Jr., the Apollo 13 Commander, looks on at left.
Date 1/28/1970
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 16 Moon Plaque Instal …
Title Apollo 16 Moon Plaque Installation
Full Description Working inside the Apollo 16 Saturn V space vehicle at the launch pad, Grumman Aerospace Corporation technician Ken Crow attaches a plaque bearing the names and signatures of the Apollo 16 crew to the front leg of the lunar module's descent stage. The stainless steel plaque, which will remain on the lunar surface, measures 18 by 23 cm (seven by nine inches) and will bear the names of the Apollo 16 astronauts, John W. Young, mission Commander, Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module Pilot, and Charles M. Duke, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot.
Date 4/10/1972
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Ch …
Title Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout
Full Description The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project Apollo. A mission simulation to check out the lunar roving vehicle and all its systems was successfully carried out. Participating in the test, conducted in conjunction with the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, were prime crew members Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot, left, and Eugene A. Cernan, Commander. Rollout of the Apollo 17 space vehicle to Complex 39's Pad A is scheduled for August 28. The lunar module which will carry Cernan and Schmitt down to the lunar surface is visible in the background.
Date 8/9/1972
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 17 Prime Crew
Title Apollo 17 Prime Crew
Full Description The prime crew for the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission are: Commander, Eugene A. Cernan (seated), Command Module pilot Ronald E. Evans (standing on right), and Lunar Module pilot, Harrison H. Schmitt. They are photographed with a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) trainer. Cernan and Schmitt will use an LRV during their exploration of the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon rocket is in the background. This picture was taken at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, The Apollo 17 emblem is in the photo insert at upper left.
Date 09/30/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Orange Soil Discovery
Title Orange Soil Discovery
Full Description A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the highly- publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crewmen found on the Moon during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The tripod-like object is the gnomon and photometric chart assembly which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical Sun angle, scale and lunar color. The Gnomon is one of the Apollo lunar geology hand tools.
Date 12/12/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
President Nixon Meets the Ap …
Title President Nixon Meets the Apollo 11 Astronauts on the Lawn of the White House
Full Description President Nixon meets the Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin,Jr., and Michael Collins, on the lawn of the White House on their return from their Global Goodwill Tour. The GIANTSTEP-APOLLO 11 Presidential Goodwill Tour emphasized the willingness of the United States to share its space knowledge. The tour carried the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives to 24 countries and 27 cities in 45 days.
Date 11/05/1969
NASA Center Headquarters
President Nixon visits Apoll …
Title President Nixon visits Apollo 11 crew in quarantine
Full Description President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are (left to right) Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, command module pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the U.S.S. Hornet. The three crew men will remain in the MQF until they arrive at the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL). While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit.
Date 7/24/1969
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Apollo 9 Prime Crew
Title The Apollo 9 Prime Crew
Full Description Portrait of the Apollo 9 prime crew in their space suits. From left to right they are: Commander, James A. McDivitt, Command Module pilot, David R. Scott, and Lunar Module pilot, Russell L. Schweickart. The Apollo 9 mission was designed to test the Apollo Command/Service and Lunar Modules in Earth orbit. The purpose was to verify that the Command/Service Module (CSM) could successfully dock with the Lunar Module (LM). The mission was also to test the LM systems in a "free flying" attitude to ensure that it performed as per specifications.
Date 12/18/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
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