Apollo spacecraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Apollo spacecraft was designed as part of the Apollo Program, by the United States in the early 1960s to land men on the moon by 1970 and return them safely to earth. This goal was set forth by ...
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Apollo program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NASA's Apollo Program landed the first humans on Earth's moon. US President John F. Kennedy announced his support for a manned moon landing on May 25, 1961, as part of a special address to a joint s...
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Apollo 9 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apollo 9 was the first manned flight of the Command/Service Module(CSM) along with the Lunar Module (LM). Its three-person crew, consisting of Mission Commander Jim McDivitt, Command Module Pilot Dav...
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Apollo was a three-part spacecraft: the command module (CM), the crew's quarters and flight control section; the service module (SM) for the propulsion and spacecraft support systems (when together, the two modules are called;
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Apollo Expeditions to the Moon; Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions; Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference; Apollo Over the Moon: A View From Orbit; Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations; Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft;
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Impact Sites of the Apollo LM's and SIVB's; More details on Apollo lunar landings; Landing Site References - the control network used and more precise coordinates for the landing, ALSEP, and LRRR sites; Field Guide to American Spacecraft - Other spacecraft locations;
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Part of the NASA Historical Series. The chronology of the development of the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar mission. Provides specific documented information covering a wide range of events related to the Apollo manned spaceflight program. ... NASA SP-4009 ... by Ivan D. Ertel and Mary Louise Morse...
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; Apollo Spacecraft Launch Configuration from Apollo Program Summary Report ; (April 1975) ... ; Command Module Interior from Apollo Training Manual ; "Apollo Spacecraft & Systems Familiarization" ; (March 13, 1968)
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This set is perfect for the modeler interested in superdetailing or scratchbuilding these spacecraft. Drawing set includes information on the Block I Apollo as well as the flight version Block II. This set of five 24x36 inch drawings is shipped to you rolled in a tube.
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­It was the 1960s, and the space race was on. In 1957, the Soviet Union built and launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite. The citizens of the United States were shocked -- the idea that another country would beat the U.S. into space...
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