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This Apollo command module pressure model was part of a larger grouping built and used for wind tunnel testing conducted in the development stage of the Apollo program.
This wind-tunnel model was constructed to test the wind resistance of the Apollo Command Module. It is constructed of steel, weighs approximately 35 lbs, and shows the electrical wires used to gather ...
The command module performed so well that NASA felt confident in making a bold move — sending Apollo 8 all the way around the moon in December. Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbit test of the lunar module.
Having left Earth, Apollo performed a mid-flight turn to dock with the Lunar Module, which was carried into space behind the Command Module, before turning again and heading for the Moon.
James Burke and John Parry report from inside an Apollo space capsule simulator at the NASA space research centre in California.
In its new exhibit opening in the fall, the Apollo 10 command module, named "Charlie Brown," will be positioned next to the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule, offering a rare opportunity to see U.S. and ...
In 1969, ABC built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface.
NOT long after the world had followed the lunar adventures of Apollo 15’s crew – David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden – space-fans in Glasgow queued to to see the command module of the ...
Michael Collins, the astronaut dubbed “the loneliest man in history” for his role piloting the orbiting command module of the Moon-landing Apollo 11 mission, died on April 28 at the age of 90. The ...