In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts deliberately crashed the lunar module’s empty ascent stage into the Moon to create a controlled seismic signal. The impact was detected by the Passive Seismic ...

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

This collection consists of the following material documenting the structural testing of Grumman's Apollo Lunar Module system: Grumman reports, notes, schedules, and test results; NASA mission reports ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now, more than half a century later, the crew's historic mission is capturing the public's attention again — not because of what ...

When undertaking human spaceflight, safety is the most important issue, which is why you generally want to avoid getting struck by lightning.