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The five F-1 engines of the huge Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle's first (S-IC) stage leave a gigantic trail of flame in the sky above the Kennedy Space Center seconds after liftoff.
F-1 Engines of Apollo/Saturn V First Stage Leave Trail of Flame After Liftoff
Rima Prinz is a channel carved by an immense lava flow.
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Apollo 8 Astronaut James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launc...
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The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers.
Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in Space
View of Astronaut David R.Scott ,Apollo 9 Command Module pilot, inside the Command Module "Gumdrop" during the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission.
Apollo 9 Mission Image - Scott in CM Cabin
United States President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar lan...
President Nixon - Welcome - Apollo XI Astronauts - USS Hornet
The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A., Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, at 12:33 a.m. (EST), Dec...
Apollo 17 Launch
Framed by palm trees in the foreground, the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/ Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 11 a.m. (EST)...
Launch – Apollo 9 – Cape
These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission.
Apollo 15 Prime Crew Portrait
Dunned in his space suit, Command Module (CM) pilot Michael Collins does a final check of his communications system before the boarding of the Apollo 11 mission.
Saturn Apollo Program
Apollo 10 westward view across Apollo Landing Site 3 in the Central Bay.
Apollo 10 View Across Apollo Landing Site 3 in the Central Bay
On July 16, 1969, the huge, 363-feet tall Saturn V rocket launches on the Apollo 11 mission from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:32 a.m. EDT.
Apollo 11 Launch
Footage of the recovery of the Apollo 8 crew
Apollo 8 Recovery
Includes the early problem of docking the Command and Lunar Modules, landing on the Moon, experiments package, climb up Cone Crater, onboard experiments, scenes in the NASA JSC's Lunar Receivin...
Apollo 14: Mission to Fra Mauro
A scanning electron microscope photograph of iron crystals which grow in a small vug or cavity in a recrystallized breccia (fragmented rock) from the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennino lunar landing site.
Scanning Electron Microscope View of Iron Crystal
This is the first footage of one orbiting robotic spacecraft taken by another orbiting robotic spacecraft at Earth's moon.
Spacecraft Observes Another Spacecraft at the Moon
In the fall of 2011, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission released its original Tour of the Moon, a five-minute animation that takes the viewer on a virtual tour of our nearest neighbor i...
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The Apollo 14 Command Module (CM) splashes down and two of its three main parachutes can be seen collapsing, as the 10-day mission comes to a safe and successful end.
Apollo 14 Command Module Approaches Touchdown in South Pacific Ocean
This animation shows the last three orbits of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, with views of the impact site.
GRAIL Impacts the Moon
The LRO camera team has discovered more than two-dozen new impact craters – including an 18-meter-wide crater caused by a bright flash on March 17, 2013.
New Craters on the Moon
Researchers hope "LADEE" will solve a mystery that has been puzzling them since the days of Apollo.
NASA Mission Seeks Lunar Air
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, is seated in the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site.
Apollo 15 Mission Image - View of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP)
A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted up to a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton. Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa.
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Searchlights penetrate the darkness surrounding Apollo 8 on Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center.
Saturn Apollo Program
Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (left) commander, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, carry out a simulation of a lunar traverse at Kilauea, Hawaii, site.
Astronauts Lovell and Haise During Simulation of Lunar Traverse at Hawaii
A documentary view of the Apollo 17 journey to Taurus-Littrow, the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo Program.
Apollo 17: On The Shoulders of Giants
Katherine Johnson and other "Human Computers" played an integral role in the early days of America's space program.
Hidden Figures and Katherine Johnson
Ranger 9 was the last of the Ranger series of spacecraft launched in the 1960s to explore the moon and was designed to image and impact the moon's crater Alphonsus. Includes imagery from the on...
Ranger 9 Impacts Moon
This time lapse video taken during ISS Expedition 42 is assembled from JSC still photo collection.
ISS Expedition 42 Time Lapse Video of Earth
This view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft shows the Earth rising above the moon's horizon.
Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of Moon Limb, with Earth on the Horizon
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Ape...
Astronaut David Scott Gives Salute Beside U.S. Flag During EVA
In the early morning hours of April 15, 2014, the Moon enters the Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse of April 15, 2014
This video explains how our moon creates a solar eclipse.
The Moon's Role in a Solar Eclipse
Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has passed away at the age of 87.
Remembering NASA Astronaut John Young, 1930-2018
Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of the Lunar Module (LM) to join astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., mission commander, in extravehicular acti...
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Earth appears in the far distant background above the hi-gain antenna of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in this photograph taken by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt during the third Apollo 17 extr...
View of Earth Above the Antenna of the Lunar Roving Vehicle During EVA
Apollo 14 Mission Commander, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., waves to well-wishers as he and astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module pilot, walk to the transfer ...
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Gerald D. Griffin, foreground, stands near his console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) during Apollo 15's third extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.
View of Activity in Mission Control Center During Apollo 15 EVA
This view of Earth was photographed by the Apollo 15 crewmen as they sped toward the fourth lunar landing.
View of Earth Photographed by Apollo 15 on Voyage to the Moon
A close-up view of a portion of a "relatively fresh" crater, looking southeast, as photographed during the third Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA), on Aug. 2, 1971, at...
View of Portion of “Relatively Fresh” Crater As Photographed by Apollo 15
During the Apollo 15 launch activities in the launch control center's firing room 1 at Kennedy Space Center, Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for planning, takes...
Wernher von Braun
The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, approaches touchdown in the Atlantic recovery area to conclude a successful 10-day Ear...
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Featured are the standup EVA, the three traverses of the lunar surface, film taken from the Lunar Rover, hammer and feather test of Galileo's theory on falling objects in gravity fields, Worden...
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Connecting the history of Apollo 17 to NASA's current Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission through the eyes of astronaut Harrison Jack Schmitt.
Jack Schmitt: From Apollo 17 to LRO
Astronaut John Young, who walked on the Moon during Apollo 16 and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has passed away at the age of 87.
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This movie shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012.
GRAIL's Gravity Tour of the Moon
A bird's-eye view of Apollo 6 and its gantry leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on the transporter heading to the launch site on Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center.
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Records the accomplishment of the basic mission of Apollo 10 - to uncover and solve the few remaining problems before lunar landing.
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Dunned in his space suit, mission commander Neil A. Armstrong does a final check of his communications system before before the boarding of the Apollo 11 mission.
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The Moon from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, pauses for a quick photo while training for the Apollo 13 mission.
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The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. (EDT), Oct. 11, 1968.
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The 363-feet tall Apollo (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle which leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
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An excellent view of the unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft which was photographed during the Apollo 12 second extravehicular activity (EVA) on the surface of the moon.
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Mrs. Haise in Viewing Room Overlooking FCR
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This photograph was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft with long-focal length lens, looking south at the large crater Goclenius, which is in foreground.
View of Goclenius and Other Craters
The ascent stage of the Apollo 10 Lunar Module (LM) is photographed from the Command Module prior to docking in lunar orbit.
Ascent Stage of Apollo 10 Lunar Module Seen From Command Module
Silent video of the Apollo 8 Saturn V rocket launching into orbit
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A recording of the Apollo 8 astronauts reading from the book of Genesis.
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, stands by the deployed United States flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the first extravehicular ...
Astronaut Alan Shepard During Apollo 14 EVA on the Moon
The Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (center), John W. Young (left) and Eugene A. Cernan (waving) are greeted by Donald E. Stullken (lower left) of the Manned Space Center's (MSC) recove...
Recovery - Apollo 10
The Apollo 7 Saturn IB launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968.
Apollo 7 Launches on October 11, 1968
Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, floats in space outside the spacecraft during his trans-Earth extravehicular activity (EVA).
Astronaut Alfred Worden Floats in Space Outside Spacecraft During EVA
A front view of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM), which reflects a circular flare caused by the brilliant sun, as seen by the two moon-exploring crew men of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission durin...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., prime crew commander of the Apollo 14 mission, uses a trenching tool during a simulation of a traverse on the lunar surface.
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Portrait - Apollo 10 - MSC
The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/ Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 11 a.m. (EST), March 3, 1969.
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 11 landing site.
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Flight Controllers in Mission Control Center During Splashdown of Apollo 14
A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM), "Spider", in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orb...
Apollo 9 Lunar Module in Lunar Landing Configuration
Since the 1960s, scientists have suspected that frozen water could survive in cold, dark craters at the moon's poles.
Water on the Moon
NASA successfully launched Apollo 6 (AS-502) from KSC's Complex 39A at 7:00 am (EST) on a mission to qualify the Saturn V launch vehicle for manned space flights.
Launch of Saturn V AS-502
This NASA video details the first journey of men around the moon.
The Flight of Apollo 8
A simple visualization of Moon orbiting Earth in a view from the north ecliptic pole.
Earth and Moon
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2018, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from ...
Moon Phase and Libration, 2018
Set to Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune, this visualization uses Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data to show the stark beauty of evolving light and shadow near sunrise and sunset on the r...
Moonlight
A close-up view of two components of the Apollo lunar surface experiments package (ALSEP) which the Apollo 14 astronauts deployed on the moon during their first extravehicular activity (EVA).
Apollo 14 Mission Image - View of the ALSEP Station
Much of the western United States began the morning with the view of a super blue blood moon total eclipse.
Super Blue Blood Moon over NASA-JPL (Time Lapse)
What does the other side of the Moon look like, the side that can't be seen from the Earth? This video answers that question.
The Moon From the Other Side
Dunned in his space suit, Lunar Module pilot Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. does a final check of his communications system before the boarding of the Apollo 11 mission.
Saturn Apollo Program
High Oblique photograph (taken over New Mexico) of the Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules taken from the Lunar Module,"Spider",on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission.
Apollo 9 Mission Image - Command Module
Replicas of Snoopy and Charlie Brown, the two characters from Charles Schulz's syndicated comic strip, "Peanuts," decorate the top of a console in the Mission Operations Control Room ...
Replicas of Snoopy and Charlie Brown Decorate Top of Console in MCC
Converting stereo images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter into 3D maps of the Moon's surface.
How To: Digital Terrain Models of the Moon
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, stands near a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) prior to a test flight at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, on ...
Astronaut Alan Shepard Near Lunar Landing Training Vehicle Prior to Test
A close-up view of the plaque which the Apollo 14 astronauts will leave behind on the moon during their lunar landing mission.
Plaque the Apollo 14 Crew Will Leave on the Moon
The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM).
Apollo 12 Lunar Module, in Landing Configuration, Photographed in Lunar Orbit
This photograph is a view of a display, control console, and hand controller for the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 2.
Saturn Apollo Program
The Moon orbits the Earth in the months prior to the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse.
2017 Eclipse and the Moon's Orbit
Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, adjusts strap on his communications cap during suiting up operations for the lunar orbit mission.
Astronaut John Young During Final Suiting Operations for Apollo 10 Mission
The scenes in the video are so dramatic that you may find yourself reaching out to pick up a rock and becoming restless to walk among the lunar peaks.
From the Earth to the Moon
Mark your calendars: a series of three supermoons will appear on the celestial stage on Dec. 3, 2017, Jan. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31, 2018.
A Supermoon Trilogy
Video of the moon taken by the NASA GRAIL mission's MoonKam camera aboard the Ebb spacecraft on Dec. 14, 2012
Parting Moon Shots from NASA's GRAIL Mission
After its soft landing, Surveyor 6 was the first spacecraft to be launched from the surface of the moon.
Surveyor 6 Lands on Moon
This photograph of the eclipse of the sun was taken with a 16mm motion picture camera from the Apollo 12 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home from the moon.
Eclipse - Apollo 12
In October 2017, The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter celebrated 100 lunar days of being at the Moon. That's about eight Earth years.
100 Lunar Days - Parts I and II
Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 7 mission.
Apollo 7 Mission, Lunar Module Pilot, R. Walter Cunningham
The Apollo 17 spacecraft, containing astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt, glided to a safe splashdown at 2:25 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 1972, 648 kilometers (350 nautic...
Apollo 17 Splashdown
This montage depicts the flight crew patches for the manned Apollo 7 thru Apollo 17 missions.
Saturn Apollo Program
Astronauts: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart Stresses the testing of the Lunar Module, the spacecraft that will land men on the Moon. Featured are sequences of launch, ...
Apollo 9 - Three To Make Ready (1969)
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, standing on the slope of Hadley Delta, uses a 70mm camera during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.
Astronaut David Scott on Slope of Hadley Delta During Apollo 15 EVA
This is a close-up view of an astronaut’s foot and footprint in the lunar soil, photographed by a 70 mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA).
Saturn Apollo Program
In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space.
Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary
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...
Saturn Apollo Program
Deep in the craters of the Moon's south pole lurk permanently shadowed regions: areas that have not seen sunlight in over two billion years.
The Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions
Three days prior to its planned impact on a lunar mountain, mission controllers activated the camera aboard one of NASA's GRAIL twins to take some final photos from lunar orbit.
Parting Moon Shots from NASA's GRAIL Mission
NASA's LADEE mission came to an end as the spacecraft executed a planned de-orbit into the surface of the Moon at nearly three thousand, six hundred miles per hour.
NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon's Surface (Reporter Package)
Depicts the dramatic voyage of Apollo 13. The most serious accident to occur in space changed the mission from a routine lunar landing to a desperate fight for crew survival.
Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got a Problem
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, on the first day of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission.
Overall View of Mission Operations Control in Mission Control Center
The second human lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn Five launch vehicle.
Apollo 12
Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, stands in "golden slippers" on the Lunar Module porch during his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbi...
Astronaut Russell Schweickart Photographed During EVA
Not everyone gets to become a part of history, but mathematician Billie Robertson is one of the lucky ones.
Running a Real-Time Simulation of Go-No-Go for Apollo 17
AS-502 climbs to orbit, as seen from chase-plane.
AS-502 Climbs to Orbit
The historic first landing of men on the Moon in July, 1969.
First Men on the Moon: Apollo 11: The Eagle Has Landed
The Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean.
Apollo XIII Spacecraft - Splashdown - South Pacific Ocean
The Apollo 13 (Spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 2:13 p.m. (EST), April 11, 1970.
Food Lab - Technician - MSC
A view of the Apollo 15 Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit as photographed from the Lunar Module (LM) just after rendezvous.
View of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module in Lunar Orbit
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., Apollo 12 command module pilot, suits up in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the Apollo 12 prelaunch countdown.
Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Suits Up During Apollo 12 Prelaunch Countdown
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2017, at hourly intervals.
Moon Phases 2017
Apollo 6 (AS-502) Pacific Recovery
Apollo 6 (AS-502) Pacific Recovery
A close-up view of a footpad and surface sampler with scoop (arm, out of frame) on the Surveyor 3 spacecraft which was photographed by the Apollo 12 astronauts during their second extravehicular ac...
Apollo 12 Mission Image – View of the Surveyor III Craft, Which Landed April 19, 1967
This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun.
Moon Crossing From a Million Miles Away
The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida at 4:03:02 p.m. (EST), Jan....
Launch - Apollo XIV - Lunar Landing Mission - KSC
Apollo 8 astronauts and commanding officer of the recovery ship U.S.S. Yorktown walk the red carpet of the flight deck after splashdown recovery in the Pacific Ocean.
Saturn Apollo Program
Carrying astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., the Lunar Module (LM) “Eagle” was the first crewed vehicle to land on the Moon.
Saturn Apollo Program
At the end of the last Apollo 15 moon walk, Commander David Scott (pictured above) performed a live demonstration for the television cameras.
The Apollo 15 Hammer-Feather Drop
The Apollo 14 crew men show off some of the largest of the lunar rocks which they brought back from the moon during a through-the-glass meeting with news men in the Crew Reception Area of the Lunar...
Apollo 14 Crewmen Show Off Lunar Rocks During Meeting With Newsmen
The Command and Service Module (CSM) for Apollo 11 move from 134 work stand and final mate to service-module-to-launch-module adapter (SLA).
KSC-69P-247
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, prepares to deploy the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) during the Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA).
View Apollo 11 Lunar Module As It Rested on Lunar Surface
By combining years of LEND data, scientists see mounting evidence of hydrogen-rich areas near the Moon’s south pole, strongly suggesting the presence of frozen water.
Water on the Moon
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), lunar module pilot of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission, confers with astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. during an Apollo 10 postflight de-briefing session. Aldrin is ...
Apollo X - Crew Training
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.
Apollo 11 Mission Image – Astronaut Edwin Aldrin
In the early hours of April 15, 2014, our pale moon will turn blood orange red. This spectacle will mark the first of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, a series known as a tetrad.
Red Moon Rising
Apollo 7 lifts off from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 A.M., EDT.
Apollo 7 Launch
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