Model of the Apollo 13 command module.

Mission rules from an Apollo space flight mission

I'd never seen the heat shield in such bright light before. You can see how much punishment it took on the way down.

Ed Gibson was the Science Pilot that flew aboard the final Skylab mission, sthe mission lasted a record 84 days.

They really did measure the doors beforehand, but the angle wasn't quite what was expected. I think the CM didn't want to go to Texas.

But seriously, look at the remnants of the heat shield.

Chicago, Ill

Orion Capsule Mockup. It's a bit bigger and roomier than the Apollo capsules, seating four. Currently under development, NASA plans on flying these in a few years.

Russian Soyuz-35 command module which carried the first and , so far, only Hungarian in space onhis return from the Salyut-6 space station.

NASA North American X-15-1 hypersonic research aircraft 1959-70 at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC.

The display and keyboard (DSKY) is the user interface to the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC). It has an array of indicator lights, numeric displays, and a calculator-style keyboard. Commands were entered numerically, as two-digit numbers: Verb, and Noun. Verb described the type of action to be performed and Noun specified which data were affected by the action specified by the Verb command.

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Apollo's manned command/service spacecraft

Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL

Taken during An Evening of Inspiration at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry during the ASTC 2024 Annual Conference

Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave the Earth's gravitational sphere of influence and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon, orbiting ten times without landing. It was crewed by Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, who were the first humans to see and photograph the far side of the Moon and an Earthrise. (source)

Edited Apollo 17 image (taken from the ascending Lunar Module) of the Command Service Module flying over the Taurus Littrow Valley (where the Lunar Module had just take off from) in a lower orbit to catch up to the Lunar Module. These images look interesting because it looks as if the CSM is flying through a valley on the Moon.

The Apollo Command Module from the Skylab 3 mission (which was the second crewed flight to the Skylab space station) located at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Atlanta, GA. 2008.

National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C.

The Apollo Command Module from the Skylab 3 mission (which was the second crewed flight to the Skylab space station) located at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Apollo 11

Here's another window, a pair of yaw motors and a pair of roll motors.

What's incredible is that the CM Pilot could actually fly the CM during re-entry. The center of gravity is offset so the CM Pilot could use the RCS to steer the CM and adjust its angle of attack.

Apollo's manned command/service spacecraft

The Apollo Command Module from the Skylab 3 mission (which was the second crewed flight to the Skylab space station) located at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Apollo 11 Command & Re-entry Module of 1969 at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC.

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