An Apollo lunar module ascent engine has been test fired after being in storage for decades to help technology development for NASA's new Moon programme Constellation. Fired on the auxiliary ...

The Lunar Module (LM) was a key part of NASA’s Apollo program, responsible for carrying astronauts from lunar orbit to the ...

A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM) "Spider" in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on March 7, 1969, the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth ...

This video explores the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that transported astronauts to the Moon's surface. It covers the two primary components of the module: the descent stage, which contained ...

On July 21, 1969, Apollo 11’s Eagle lunar ascent stage lifted off from the surface of the Moon to rendezvous with the command module Columbia in orbit. After docking, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ...

Long-term Orbit Stability of the Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module Ascent Stage James Meador. Comments: 13 pages, 8 figures. Submitted to Planetary and Space Science ...

The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. The upper ascent stage consisted of a pressurized crew ...

A new mathematical study suggests that the abandoned Ascent Stage of the Apollo 11 mission's Eagle Lunar Module (LM), long believed to have crashed on the Moon in 1969, may be circling our largest ...

Each Apollo lunar module cost about $149,000,000. ... The story of the lunar module ascent stages goes hand in hand with the story of NASA doing seismic experiments on the Moon.

The Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module ascent stage was abandoned in lunar orbit after the historic landing in 1969. Its fate is unknown. Numerical analysis described here provides evidence that […] ...