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Command Module, Apollo 11

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Apollo 13 astronauts and flight controllers reflect on a ‘successful failure’

On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, NASA astronauts James Lovell Jr., John Swigert Jr. and Fred Haise Jr. were about to go to sleep for the night in the Apollo 13 command module. They were about ...
Ars Technica

Here’s an unprecedented look at Apollo 13’s damaged service module

NASA’s famous Apollo 13 mission launched 50 years ago, and on April 14 the oxygen tank on its service module exploded. As you undoubtedly know, the mission’s Moon landing was canceled after the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How the Crew of the Damaged Apollo 13 Came Home

Using the lunar module as a lifeboat and employing techniques never before considered, the astronauts’ ordeal ended triumphantly Alice George | Museums Correspondent On April 17, 1970, the parachutes ...
Space.com

Hollywood artists offer full-scale replica of Apollo spacecraft controls

You can now take the controls of a historic NASA spacecraft — literally. A team of Hollywood prop and visual artists are offering replicas of the Apollo command module control panel. The ...
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Command Module, Apollo 11

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