Apollo Program
Collection by Apollo 11 Space • Last updated 2 weeks ago
This board is about NASA's Apollo Program that took humankind to the Moon and back.
Gus Grissom
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967). Test pilot and astronaut. Rank: Lieutenant Colonel, USAF. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Apollo 17 CSM and LM
Apollo 17 with the last astronauts to walk on the Moon. Find out everything you need to know about this Mission. You will be surprised. #Apollo17 #NASA #Apollo
Apollo 16
Apollo 16 mission would be the next to last trip in the Apollo program, carrying astronauts John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly to the Moon. #Apollo16
Apollo 15 CSM and LM
NASA’s Apollo 15 produced many records for NASA. Find out in my interesting article what the astronauts did to achieve these new space records. #Apollo15
Apollo 9 factory checkout of the S-IVB-504
In 1966, S-IVB contractor McDonnell Douglas completed factory checkout of the S-IVB-504 flight stage used on Apollo 9 in Huntington Beach, California. Credit: NASA. #Apollo9 #SaturnV
Apollo 14 CSM and LM
Apollo 14 Command and Service Module Kitty Hawk and Lunar Module Antares. Credit: NASA. #LunarModule #CSM #LM #Apollo14 #NASA
Apollo 12 CSM and LM
Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad and fellow astronaut Alan Bean stepped out of the lunar module onto the Moon’s surface on November 19, 1969. #Apollo12 #LM #CSM #NASA
Apollo Program
The Apollo Program (1963 – 1972) was designed to land humans on the Moon and safely return them to Earth. #ApolloProgram #NASA #ApolloProject
John Young (astronaut)
John Young became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. #Apollo10 #Apollo16 #ApolloProgram #JohnYoung
All The Saturn V Rockets That Took Astronauts To The Moon
This article will present an overview of the historic Apollo Program, also named the Apollo Project. #ApolloProgram #ApolloProject #NASA #Apollo
A Complete Guide to NASA’s Apollo Program
Here are pictures of the Apollo crew on all successful moon landing missions. Which one do you like the most? #Apollo #NASA #ApolloProgram #Moon #Space #Astronauts
All The Saturn V Rockets That Took Astronauts To The Moon
This article will present an overview of the historic Apollo Program, also named the Apollo Project. #ApolloProgram #ApolloProject #NASA #Apollo
Apollo 8
The mission of Apollo 8 and the three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of humanity’s historic first journey around the Moon. #Apollo8
What Does Gimbal Lock Mean?
In this article, I will answer what a gimbal lock is and why the instantaneous flip of a gimbal by 180 degrees prevents a gimbal lock. If you are interested in this gimbal lock phenomenon and this question, please read on. #NASA #Apollo #GimbalLock #Gimbal #Apollo11 #Apollo13
Apollo Program First Crewed Flight
Apollo 7 was an October 1968 space mission carried out by NASA. It was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program. #Apollo7 #NASA #ApolloProgram
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 Moon mission took Eugene Andrew Cernan and Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt to the lunar surface and marked the Apollo program's end. Read on. #Apollo17