On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and ...

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 ...

All but one of the Apollo program’s used lunar modules either crashed into the Moon’s surface or burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. Apollo 10’s lunar module, Snoopy, is still out there, drifting ...

Three Apollo lunar module pilots were joined by an active member of the U.S. astronaut corps and a former NASA administrator as they helped lead the National Memorial Day Parade today (May 29) in ...

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969 that laid the foundation for humans to walk on the ...

Lunar module pilots Charlie Duke, Harrison Schmitt and Rusty Schweickart served as 2023 grand marshals in Washington, DC parade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...