apollo spacecraft, apollo project

85 media by topicpage 1 of 1
Closeup exterior view of Dynamic Crew Procedures Trainer

Closeup exterior view of Dynamic Crew Procedures Trainer

S66-21296 (1967) --- This is a medium exterior view of the Dynamic Crew Procedures Trainer, Command Module configuration, one of the Apollo astronaut training components located in the Mission Simulation and Tr... More

Frogmen on Apollo command module boilerplate flotation collar during recovery

Frogmen on Apollo command module boilerplate flotation collar during r...

Apollo command module boilerplate floats in the Atlantic Ocean during a practice recovery exercise. Frogmen in a liferaft and on the flotation collar secure the command module boilerplate for hoisting onto a ne... More

COMPRESSOR - UPRIGHTING SYSTEM - APOLLO MANUFACTURING - SPACECRAFT (S/C)-102 COMMAND MODULE (CM) - NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (NAA), CA

COMPRESSOR - UPRIGHTING SYSTEM - APOLLO MANUFACTURING - SPACECRAFT (S/...

S66-41852 (1966) --- Spacecraft 012 looking toward -Y axis during installation of heat shield. Note uprighting system compressor in aft bay, at right, and Reaction Control System (RCS) valve module panel, cente... More

SPACECRAFT (S/C)-012 - COMMAND MODULE (CM) - HEAT SHIELD INSTALLATION

SPACECRAFT (S/C)-012 - COMMAND MODULE (CM) - HEAT SHIELD INSTALLATION

S66-41851 (1966) --- High angle view of Spacecraft 012 Command Module, looking toward -Z axis, during preparation for installation of the crew compartment heat shield, showing mechanics working on aft bay.

Apollo/Saturn V facilities Test Vehicle and Launch Umbilical Tower

Apollo/Saturn V facilities Test Vehicle and Launch Umbilical Tower

An Apollo/Saturn V facilities Test Vehicle and Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT) atop a crawler-transporter move from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on the way to Pad A. This test vehicle, designated the Apollo... More

COMMAND MODULE - APOLLO-SPACECRAFT (A/S) - NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (NAA), CA

COMMAND MODULE - APOLLO-SPACECRAFT (A/S) - NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (NA...

S66-53655 (1966) --- High angle view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module looking toward +Z axis during pre-shipping operations in south air lock of Systems Integration and Checkout Facility.

Mating of Lunar Module-1 with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter-7

Mating of Lunar Module-1 with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter-7

S67-50927 (November 1967) --- Lunar Module-1 being moved into position for mating with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA)-7 in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. LM-1 and SLA-7... More

APOLLO-SATURN (A/S)-204 - SPACECRAFT (S/C)- 012 COMMAND SERVICE MODULE (CSM) - A/S MATING - CAPE

APOLLO-SATURN (A/S)-204 - SPACECRAFT (S/C)- 012 COMMAND SERVICE MODULE...

S67-15704 (3 Jan. 1967) --- Transfer of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command/Service Module (CSM) for mating with the Saturn Lunar Module (LM) Adapter No.05 in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Spacecraft 012... More

COMMAND MODULE (C/M) - SPACECRAFT (S/C) 012 C/M - APOLLO/SATURN (A/S) 204 PREPARATIONS - CAPE

COMMAND MODULE (C/M) - SPACECRAFT (S/C) 012 C/M - APOLLO/SATURN (A/S) ...

S67-15717 (1967) --- Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command/Service Module is moved from H-134 to east stokes for mating to the Saturn Lunar Module Adapter No. 05 in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. S/C 012 wi... More

APOLLO SPACECRAFT (A/S)-012 - PAD 34 - SATURN 204 ERECTION - MATING - CAPE

APOLLO SPACECRAFT (A/S)-012 - PAD 34 - SATURN 204 ERECTION - MATING - ...

S67-17042 (1967) --- Apollo Spacecraft 012 is hoisted to the top of the gantry at Pad 34 during the Apollo/Saturn Mission 204 erection. S/C 012 will be mated with the uprated Saturn I launch vehicle.

APOLLO SPACECRAFT (A/S)- 012 - GANTRY - PAD 34 - CAPE

APOLLO SPACECRAFT (A/S)- 012 - GANTRY - PAD 34 - CAPE

S67-15885 (1967) --- Apollo Spacecraft 012 is hoisted to the top of the gantry at Pad 34 during the Apollo/Saturn Mission 204 erection.

APOLLO SPACECRAFT 017 - VERTICAL ASSEMBLY BLDG. (VAB) - KSC

APOLLO SPACECRAFT 017 - VERTICAL ASSEMBLY BLDG. (VAB) - KSC

S67-36022 (20 June 1967) --- Apollo Spacecraft 017 is moved into position in the Vehicle Assembly Building's high bay area for mating with the Saturn V launch vehicle. S/C 017 will be flown on the Spacecraft 01... More

APOLLO/SATURN (A/S) 501 ROLL-OUT - CAPE

APOLLO/SATURN (A/S) 501 ROLL-OUT - CAPE

S67-43595 (26 Aug. 1967) --- The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) stack and its mobile launch tower atop a crawler-transporter moving from the Vehicle Assembly Building toward Pad A, Launch Complex 39.

A/S 501 ROLLOUT, NASA Apollo program

A/S 501 ROLLOUT, NASA Apollo program

S67-43593 (26 Aug. 1967) --- The completely assembled Apollo Saturn 501 launch vehicle mated to the Apollo spacecraft 017 on Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center. The fully assembled vehicle was transported... More

Apollo 4 launch, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 4 launch, NASA Apollo program

S67-50903 (9 Nov. 1967) --- The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff of the huge 363-feet tall Apollo/Saturn ... More

U.S.S. Bennington during recovery operations for Apollo 4

U.S.S. Bennington during recovery operations for Apollo 4

U.S.S. Bennington comes alongside the floating Apollo spacecraft 017 Command Module during recovery operations in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The Command Module splashed down at 3:37 p.m., November 9, 1967, 934 naut... More

Recovery - Apollo Spacecraft (S/C)-017

Recovery - Apollo Spacecraft (S/C)-017

S67-49423 (9 Nov. 1967) --- The Apollo Spacecraft 017 Command Module, with flotation collar still attached, is hoisted aboard the USS Bennington, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501)... More

APOLLO SPACECRAFT 017 - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC

APOLLO SPACECRAFT 017 - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC

S67-49447 (9 Nov. 1967) --- Close-up view of the charred heat shield of the Apollo Spacecraft 017 Command Module aboard the USS Bennington. The damage was caused by the extreme heat of reentry. The carrier Benn... More

Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module readied for mating with Service Module

Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module readied for mating with Service M...

S68-17301 (6 Dec. 1967) --- Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module is hoisted into position for mating with Service Module in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Spacecraft 020 will ... More

Closeup view of docking system of the Apollo spacecraft

Closeup view of docking system of the Apollo spacecraft

S68-50869 (1968) --- An engineering set up illustrating the docking system of the Apollo spacecraft. During docking maneuvers the docking probe on the Command Module engages the cone-shaped drogue of the Lunar ... More

Closeup view of docking system of the Apollo spacecraft

Closeup view of docking system of the Apollo spacecraft

S68-50870 (1968) --- An engineering set up illustrating the probe portion of the docking system of the Apollo spacecraft. During docking maneuvers the docking probe on the Command Module (CM) engages the cone s... More

Three astronauts inside Command Module Simulator during Apollo Simulation

Three astronauts inside Command Module Simulator during Apollo Simulat...

S68-15952 (15 Jan. 1968) --- Three astronauts inside the Command Module Simulator in Building 5 during an Apollo Simulation. Left to right, are astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; John W. Young, command m... More

Astronaut John Young in Command Module Simulator during Apollo Simulation

Astronaut John Young in Command Module Simulator during Apollo Simulat...

S68-15979 (15 Jan. 1968) --- Astronaut John W. Young, command module pilot, inside the Command Module Simulator in Building 5 during an Apollo Simulation. Out of view are astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (on the le... More

Crew Members - First Manned Apollo Flight - Unmanned Mission Launch - Cape

Crew Members - First Manned Apollo Flight - Unmanned Mission Launch - ...

S68-18700 (22 Jan. 1968) --- Two prime crew members of the first manned Apollo space flight were present at Cape Kennedy for the launch of the Apollo V (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission. On left is astro... More

Apollo V - Liftoff - Cape, NASA Apollo program

Apollo V - Liftoff - Cape, NASA Apollo program

S68-19460 (22 Jan. 1968) --- The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m. (EST), Jan. 22, 1968. The Lunar Module-1 payload... More

Apollo V - Liftoff - Cape, NASA Apollo program

Apollo V - Liftoff - Cape, NASA Apollo program

S68-19459 (22 Jan. 1968) --- The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m. (EST), Jan. 22, 1968. The Lunar Module-1 payload... More

Dr. Gilruth and Dr. Kraft - Mission Control Center (MCC) - Apollo V Launch - MSC

Dr. Gilruth and Dr. Kraft - Mission Control Center (MCC) - Apollo V La...

S68-18733 (22 Jan. 1968) --- Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (right), MSC Director, sits with Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC director of flight operations, at his flight operations director console in the Mission Cont... More

Recovery of Apollo 6 unmmaned spacecraft

Recovery of Apollo 6 unmmaned spacecraft

S68-26989 (4 April 1968) --- The Apollo 6 Spacecraft 020 Command Module is hoisted aboard the USS Okinawa.

F-1 engines of Apollo/Saturn V first stage leave trail of flame after liftoff

F-1 engines of Apollo/Saturn V first stage leave trail of flame after ...

S68-27365 (4 April 1968) --- The five F-1 engines of the huge Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle's first (S-IC) stage leave a gigantic trail of flame in the sky above the Kennedy Space Center seconds after liftoff. ... More

Mexico, Arizona, Gulf of California as seen from Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

Mexico, Arizona, Gulf of California as seen from Apollo 6 unmanned spa...

AS06-02-1436 (4 April 1968) --- View of the mouth of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico as photographed from the unmanned Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) space mission. Al... More

Apollo 6 unmanned space mission launch

Apollo 6 unmanned space mission launch

S68-27364 (4 April 1968) --- The Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. The liftoff of the huge Apollo/Satur... More

Senegal and Mauritania as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

Senegal and Mauritania as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

AS06-02-938 (6 April 1968) --- During the second revolution of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Apollo 6 spacecraft, this photograph of Senegal and Mauritania was taken at an altitude of 125 ... More

Texas as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

Texas as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

AS6-02-1455 (4 April 1968) --- Texas is photographed from the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission. Seen in this photograph are Midland, Brownfield, Big Spring, J. B. Thomas Lake, headwat... More

East coast of the United States seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

East coast of the United States seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacec...

AS6-02-1485 (4 April 1968) --- View of the east coast of the United States as photographed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's unmanned Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) space mission. T... More

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft

AS06-02-1462 (4 April 1968) --- View of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area as photographed from the unmanned Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) space mission. The highway and expressway system in and around b... More

Astronaut John Young ingresses Apollo spacecraft command module in training

Astronaut John Young ingresses Apollo spacecraft command module in tra...

S68-40875 (5 July 1968) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 7 backup command module pilot, ingresses Apollo Spacecraft 101 Command Module during simulated altitude runs at the Kennedy Space Center's Pad 34.

Apollo 8 prime crew seen during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico

Apollo 8 prime crew seen during water egress training in Gulf of Mexic...

S68-53217 (19 Oct. 1968) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot of the Apollo 8 prime crew, in special net being hoisted up to a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during water egress training in the ... More

Apollo 8 prime crew seen during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico

Apollo 8 prime crew seen during water egress training in Gulf of Mexic...

S68-53223 (19 Oct. 1968) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 8 mission in life raft awaiting pickup by U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. They had just egressed Apollo ... More

Navy frogmen attach flotation collar to Apollo 7 command module

Navy frogmen attach flotation collar to Apollo 7 command module

U.S. Navy frogmen attach a flotation collar to the Apollo 7 command module during recovery operations in the Atlantic. The Apollo 7 spacecraft splashed down at 7:11 a.m., October 22, 1968, approximately 200 nau... More

Astronaut Walter Schirra egresses spacecraft during recovery operations

Astronaut Walter Schirra egresses spacecraft during recovery operation...

Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Apollo 7 commander, egresses the spacecraft during recovery operations in the Atlantic. He is assisted by a member of the U.S. Navy frogman team. The Apollo 7 spacecraft splash... More

Apollo 8 prime crew seen inside Apollo Boilerplate during water egress

Apollo 8 prime crew seen inside Apollo Boilerplate during water egress

S68-52941 (25 Oct. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 prime crew is seen inside Apollo Boilerplate 1102A during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. From the foreground are astronauts Frank Borman, commander; James... More

Apollo 8 prime crew seen inside Apollo Boilerplate during water egress

Apollo 8 prime crew seen inside Apollo Boilerplate during water egress

S68-53015 (25 Oct. 1968) --- Astronauts William A. Anders, James A. Lovell Jr., and Frank Borman, (left to right) are seen inside Apollo Boilerplate 1102A during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Bo... More

Apollo spacecraft Command/Service Module and Lunar Module 3 arrive at VAB

Apollo spacecraft Command/Service Module and Lunar Module 3 arrive at ...

Apollo Spacecraft 104 Command/Service Module and Lunar Module 3 arrive at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for mating atop the Saturn 504 launch vehicle. The Saturn 504 stack is out of view. The Saturn V fir... More

View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated

View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated

AS08-16-2582 (21 Dec. 1968) --- This is a photograph taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking back at the Saturn V third (S-IVB) stage from which the spacecraft had just separated following trans-lunar inject... More

Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

S68-56001 (21 Dec. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 7:51 a.m. (EST), Dec. 21, 1968. The crew of the Apollo 8 l... More

View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated

View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated

AS08-16-2584 (21 Dec. 1968) --- This is a photograph taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking back at the Saturn V third (S-IVB) stage from which the spacecraft had just separated following trans-lunar inject... More

View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8

View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apol...

S68-55816 (24 Dec. 1968) --- This is how the surface of the moon looked from an altitude of approximately 60 miles as photographed by a television camera aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft. This is Apollo 8's third... More

U.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery

U.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery

S69-15732 (27 Dec. 1968) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team participates in the Apollo 8 recovery operations. The Apollo crew, astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders, were recovered by he... More

Early moments of the Apollo 11 launch

Early moments of the Apollo 11 launch

Description: S69-39958 (16 JULY 1969) --- A 70mm Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera, mounted in a pod on a cargo door of a U.S. Air Force EC-135N aircraft, photographed this event in th... More

Nighttime view of Apollo 9 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 39

Nighttime view of Apollo 9 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 39

S69-25879 (23 Feb. 1969) --- Nighttime view of the 363-feet-high Apollo 9 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during preparations for the scheduled 10-day Earth-orbital space missio... More

View of White Room atop Pad A during Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test

View of White Room atop Pad A during Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration ...

S69-25884 (23 Feb. 1969) --- Interior view of the white room atop Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test activity. Standing next to spacecraft hatch is astr... More

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

AS09-19-2994 (6 March 1969) --- Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, is photographed from the Command Module (CM) "Gumdrop" during his extravehicular activity (EVA) on the fourth day of the Apo... More

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

AS09-20-3094 (6 March 1969) --- Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, stands in "golden slippers" on the Lunar Module porch during his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 E... More

Astronaut James McDivitt photographed inside Command Module during Apollo 9

Astronaut James McDivitt photographed inside Command Module during Apo...

AS09-20-3154 (3-13 March 1969) --- This close-up view of astronaut James A. McDivitt shows several days' beard growth. The Apollo 9 mission commander was onboard the Lunar Module (LM) "Spider" in Earth orbit, n... More

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

AS09-19-2983 (6 March 1969) --- Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, operates a 70mm Hasselblad camera during his extravehicular activity (EVA) on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital m... More

View of docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Module and Lunar Module

View of docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Module and Lunar Module

AS09-20-3064 (6 March 1969) --- Excellent view of the docked Apollo 9 Command and Service Modules (CSM) and Lunar Module (LM), with Earth in the background, during astronaut David R. Scott's stand-up extravehic... More

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed inside Lunar Module Apollo 9

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed inside Lunar Module Apollo ...

Astronaut Russell Schweickart, Apollo 9 Lunar Module pilot, is photographed inside Lunar Module "Spider" during the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission.

Aerial view of Launch Complex 39 showing Apollo 10 on way to Pad B

Aerial view of Launch Complex 39 showing Apollo 10 on way to Pad B

S69-27916 (11 March 1969) --- Aerial view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module-4/Saturn 505) space vehicle on its way to Pad B. The Saturn V stack and i... More

Aerial view of Launch Complex 39, KSC showing Apollo 10 on way to Pad B

Aerial view of Launch Complex 39, KSC showing Apollo 10 on way to Pad ...

S69-27741 (11 March 1969) --- Aerial view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the 363-feet tall Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module-4/Saturn 505) space vehicle on its way to Pad B. The Vehicl... More

Apollo 9 spacecraft floats in Atlantic recovery area after splashdown

Apollo 9 spacecraft floats in Atlantic recovery area after splashdown

S69-27925 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, floats in the Atlantic immediately after splashdown. Moments later th... More

Apollo 9 crewman in rescue net being hoisted up to helicopter

Apollo 9 crewman in rescue net being hoisted up to helicopter

Aerial view of an Apollo 9 crewman in a new rescue net (a Billy Pugh net) being hoisted aboard a Navy helicopter after splashdown in the Atlantic recovery area and a successful ten-day, earth-orbital space miss... More

Aerial, high-angle view of Apollo 10 on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC

Aerial, high-angle view of Apollo 10 on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC

S69-33854 (4 May 1969) --- Aerial (high-angle, clasp) view of the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. This photograph of the 363... More

Nighttime view of Apollo 10 space vehicle on Pad B, Launch Complex 39

Nighttime view of Apollo 10 space vehicle on Pad B, Launch Complex 39

S69-33855 (4 May 1969) --- Nighttime, ground-level view of the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. This photograph of the 363-fe... More

Aerial, high-angle view of Apollo 10 on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC

Aerial, high-angle view of Apollo 10 on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC

S69-34327 (13 May 1969) --- Aerial, high-angle, view of the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle at Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The crew of the Apollo ... More

Apollo 10 Lunar Module attached to Saturn IVB stage

Apollo 10 Lunar Module attached to Saturn IVB stage

S69-33994 (18 May 1969) --- The Apollo 10 Lunar Module, still attached to the Saturn IVB stage, is seen in this color reproduction taken from the first television transmission made by the color television camer... More

Apollo 10 crewmember is pickup by recovery helicopter

Apollo 10 crewmember is pickup by recovery helicopter

S69-20621 (26 May 1969) --- A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted into a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton, during recovery operations in the South Pacific. Astronauts Thomas P. Staffor... More

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecra...

AS11-44-6552 (16-24 July 1969) --- This view of Earth rising over the moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo spacecraft. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside. Coordinates o... More

Apollo 11 spacecraft Command Module hoisted aboard U.S.S. Hornet

Apollo 11 spacecraft Command Module hoisted aboard U.S.S. Hornet

The Apollo 11 spacecraft Command Module is photographed being lowered to the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic lunar landing mission. Note the flotation ring attached by Navy diver... More

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

S70-35651 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a "Billy Pugh" net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut ... More

Apollo 13 spacecraft splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean

Apollo 13 spacecraft splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean

S70-35644 (17 April 1970) --- The Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) splashes down and its three main parachutes collapse, as the week-long problem-plagued Apollo 13 mission comes to a premature, but safe end. The s... More

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

S70-35625 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is hoisted in a "Billy Pugh" net into a Navy helicopter, while United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmers assist in the... More

Apollo 13 spacecraft splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean

Apollo 13 spacecraft splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean

S70-35638 (17 April 1970) --- A perilous space mission comes to a smooth ending with the safe splashdown of the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) in the South Pacific, only four miles from the prime recovery ship. ... More

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

S70-35645 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, is hoisted aboard a helicopter from the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery vessel for the mission. Lovell was the last of the three Apollo 13 cr... More

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

S70-35610 (17 April 1970) --- A water level view of the Apollo 13 recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. The three astronauts as seen egressing their spacecraft. John L. Swigert Jr. (back to camera), c... More

Apollo 13 Command Module recovery after splashdown

Apollo 13 Command Module recovery after splashdown

S70-15530 (17 April 1970) --- Crew men aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module (CM) aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crew men, astronauts James A. Lovell Jr.,... More

High angle view of Apollo 14 space vehicle on way to Pad A

High angle view of Apollo 14 space vehicle on way to Pad A

S70-54127 (9 Nov. 1970) --- A high-angle view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembl... More

High angle view of Apollo 14 space vehicle on way to Pad A

High angle view of Apollo 14 space vehicle on way to Pad A

S70-54119 (9 Nov. 1970) --- A high-angle view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembl... More

Apollo 14 space vehicle arrives at Pad A at KSC during roll out from VAB

Apollo 14 space vehicle arrives at Pad A at KSC during roll out from V...

S70-55689 (9 Nov. 1970) --- The Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle arrives at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, during the Apollo 14 roll out from the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Asse... More

Ground level view of Apollo 14 space vehicle leaving VAB for launch pad

Ground level view of Apollo 14 space vehicle leaving VAB for launch pa...

S70-54121 (9 Nov. 1970) --- A ground level view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Buil... More

Launch of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission

Launch of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission

S71-18395 (31 Jan. 1971) --- The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida at 4:03:02 ... More

Launch - Apollo 14 Lunar Landing Mission - KSC

Launch - Apollo 14 Lunar Landing Mission - KSC

S71-17620 (31 Jan. 1971) --- The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 4:03:02 p.m. ... More

View of Apollo 15 space vehicle on way from VAB to Pad A, Launch Complex 39

View of Apollo 15 space vehicle on way from VAB to Pad A, Launch Compl...

S71-33781 (11 May 1971) --- High angle view showing the Apollo 15 (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kenne... More

View of Apollo 15 space vehicle leaving VAB to Pad A, Launch Complex 39

View of Apollo 15 space vehicle leaving VAB to Pad A, Launch Complex 3...

S71-33786 (11 May 1971) --- The 363-feet tall Apollo (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle which leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center ... More

View of the expended Saturn IVB stage after transposition/docking

View of the expended Saturn IVB stage after transposition/docking

AS17-148-22714 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- View of the expended Saturn IVB stage before Apollo 17 transposition/docking maneuvers.

An artist's rendering of a space station on the moon. Moon satellite space capsule, science technology.

An artist's rendering of a space station on the moon. Moon satellite s...

Artist's concept of the spacecraft orbiting the moon / An artist's rendering of a space station on the moon / Public domain stock illustration.