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Apollo program hardware

  • Lunar Module EagleThe spacecraft known as LM-5 carried the name Eagle. This choice appeared on the mission insignia for Apollo 11. A bald eagle featured prominently in that…
  • Apollo command and service moduleNorth American Aviation received the initial Apollo contract on the 28th of November 1961. At that time, engineers assumed lunar landings would occur via…
  • Apollo Lunar ModuleIn July 1962, eleven firms were invited to submit proposals for the Lunar Excursion Module. Nine companies responded in September with a 60-page limited…
  • Command module ColumbiaJulian Scheer, NASA assistant administrator of public affairs during the Apollo program, suggested a name for the spacecraft.
  • Rocketdyne J-2The 1959 report of the Saturn Vehicle Evaluation Committee marked a turning point for American rocketry. NASA officials sought engines capable of producing…
  • Apollo Telescope MountThe Apollo Telescope Mount began as a concept within the late 1960s Apollo Applications Program. Engineers studied ways to use infrastructure from the Apollo…
  • Saturn VIn September 1945, German rocket technologist Wernher von Braun arrived in the United States under Operation Paperclip. This program authorized by President…
  • Apollo (spacecraft)The Apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the American Apollo program's goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end of…
  • Lunar Roving VehicleIn 1952, Wernher von Braun published a series of articles in Collier's Weekly magazine titled "Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" These pieces described ten-ton…
  • Little Joe IIThe Apollo program needed a way to test its launch escape system without spending millions on full-scale rockets. Engineers at the Manned Spacecraft Center…
  • Apollo Guidance ComputerThe Apollo Guidance Computer arrived in 1963 as a digital machine built for the Apollo program. It sat inside each command module and lunar module to handle…
  • Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments PackageIn February 1966, NASA officials gathered to decide which instruments would form the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package.