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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When an explosion rocked Apollo 13's service module on April 13, 1970, the vehicle's vital role, ...

Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

In this historic photo from the U.S. space agency, the Apollo 16 Command and Service Module (CSM) "Casper" approaches the Lunar Module (LM). The two spacecraft were about to make their final ...

North American Aviation (NAA) was the prime contractor for the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM). In December 1965, the company's engineers briefed NASA's Office of Manned Space Flight (OMSF) ...

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, which saw human beings walk on the surface of the moon for the very first time. This mission was, without a doubt, one of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is the Lunar Module Ascent ...

A Dec. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a stealth bomber in flight and another image of the bulky Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon's surface. The bomber is labeled, ...