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Apollo 16: "Nothing So Hidden"
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July 12, 2018
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The Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean.
Apollo XIII Spacecraft - Splashdown - South Pacific Ocean
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
These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission.
Apollo 15 Prime Crew Portrait
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 onboar...
Ranger 9 Impacts Moon
This photograph of astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, was taken inside the Lunar Module (LM) while the LM rested on the lunar surface.
Neil Armstrong in Lunar Module
Man's second journey to the Moon is for science. The first EVA includes setting up Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) for the return of scientific data. The second EVA includes a geol...
Apollo 12: Pinpoint for Science
NASA created this chart in 1967 to illustrate the flight path and key mission events for the upcoming Apollo missions to the Moon.
Apollo Mission Flight Plan - 1967
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
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.
Saturn Apollo Program
This animation shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2019, at hourly intervals. The imagery is based on actual dat...
Moon Phase and Libration, 2019
Every Moon phase in 2020
Moon Phase and Libration, 2020
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
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 rugged lunar su...
Moonlight
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...
Saturn Apollo Program
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...
Apollo 12 Mission Image – Dark View of Astronaut Alan L. Bean Climbing Down the Ladder of the Lunar Module (LM)
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
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
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...
Photo - Apollo/Saturn (A/S)-11 - 500 Ft. Above Water - Chutes Deployed
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
These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission.
Portrait - Apollo 10 - MSC
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 ...
Saturn Apollo Program
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.
Portrait - Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr.
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-orbital missi...
Apollo 9 Lunar Module in Lunar Landing Configuration
Apollo 7 lifts off from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 A.M., EDT.
Apollo 7 Launch
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
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