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Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Ronald E. Evans
Missions

Apollo 17

Did Apollo 17 astronauts uncover an alien presence on the moon? The last two people to step foot on the moon were Eugene Cernan... Full Story

Technician Threading Rope Memory
Tech

Core Rope Memory: When Computer Science Meets Girl Power

Did you know girl power helped weave memory into the Apollo computers? In case you needed a reminder of how powerful the mini-computers... Full Story

Illustration of the Lunar Excursion Module As It Separates From the Command Service Module
Missions

Space Exploration: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous

First we had to figure out how to get to the moon and back. The United States knew how to successfully launch a rocket into... Full Story

Margaret Hamilton Inside Command Module
People

In Their Own Words: Margaret Hamilton on Her Daughter's Simulation

Margaret Hamilton worked in computer science and software engineering for the Apollo Program and the MIT Instrumentation Lab... Full Story

Illustration of Apollo Spacecraft Reentry
Missions

The Fiery Return of the Apollo Missions

How do you survive your trip home from the moon? These days, there's so much space junk orbiting the earth—half a million pieces—that... Full Story

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The People

MEET THE ENGINEERS WHO TOOK US TO THE MOON AND BACK

Astronaut Michael Collins
How Draper Trained the Astronauts
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt on Lunar Surface, Apollo 17
In Their Own Words: Harrison Schmitt on Moon Geology
Apollo Class A Data Punch Card
In Their Own Words: Lance Drane on Apollo 13
Doc Draper In Front Of the MIT Instrumentation Lab
Apollo's Iron Man: Doc Draper
Women Computers At Jet Propulsion Lab
Human Computers Made the Moon Missions Possible
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Apollo System Test Lab
The Tech

EXPLORE THE ENGINEERING BEHIND THE APOLLO MISSIONS

Milt Trager Looks at Block II Primary Guidance, Navigation, and Control System (PGNCS)
The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC): A Computer Engineering Breakthrough
Apollo 15 Lunar Surface
What the Moon Mission Rocks Revealed
Apollo 11 Lunar Excursion Module, Eagle
The Spider and the Moon Missions
Apollo Spacecraft and Saturn V Rocket
The Awesome Saturn V: Rocket Science Marvel
F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire Cockpit
Digital Fly-By-Wire
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Apollo Primary Navigation, Guidance, and Control System for the Lunar Excursion Module Simulator
The Missions

Apollo 1
Apollo 1 Crew Grissom, White and Chaffee

Apollo 1

Jan 27, 1967

From tragedy and ashes a moon program is reborn. Read More

Apollo 4
Apollo 4 Launch of Saturn V

Apollo 4

Nov 9, 1967

Apollo 4:  NASA's greatest comeback story? Read More

Apollo 5
Apollo 5 Lunar Module Processing

Apollo 5

Jan 22, 1968

The best artificial intelligence still needs human... Read More

Apollo 6
Apollo 6 Saturn V Rocket in Sky with Flame Trail

Apollo 6

Apr 4, 1968

Violent vibrations aren't good for big rockets. Read More

Apollo 7
Apollo 7 Astronaut Walter Cunningham During Mission

Apollo 7

Oct 11, 1968

Testing the "human element" in space. Read More

Apollo 8
Earthrise photo from Apollo 8 Mission

Apollo 8

Dec 21, 1968

The mission that won the space race Read More

Apollo 9
Apollo 9 Lunar Module in Earth Orbit

Apollo 9

Mar 3, 1969

What happens to a man who steps out alone in space? Read More

Apollo 10
Apollo 10 Command and Service Module in Lunar Orbit

Apollo 10

May 18, 1969

The men who almost crashed into the moon. Read More

Apollo 11
Astronaut on the Moon

Apollo 11

Jul 16, 1969

What almost hacked the moon landing... Read More

Apollo 12
Apollo 12 Lightning Strike

Apollo 12

Nov 14, 1969

They say lightning never strikes twice. Read More

Apollo 13
Apollo 13 Astronauts In Lunar Module Hack Air Filter

Apollo 13

Apr 11, 1970

The mother of all engineering hacks. Read More

Apollo 14
Apollo 14 Lunar Module

Apollo 14

Jan 31, 1971

A nearly disastrous mission and the man who saved the... Read More

Apollo 15
Apollo 15 Astronaut David Scott in Lunar Rover

Apollo 15

Jul 26, 1971

Here comes the lunar rover moon buggy! Read More

Apollo 16
Apollo 16 Splashdown

Apollo 16

Apr 16, 1972

The coolest galactic road trip of the century. Read More

Apollo 17
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt on Lunar Surface, Apollo 17

Apollo 17

Dec 7, 1972

Alien orange soil on the moon! Read More

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