In Another Giant Leap, Apollo 11 Command Module Is 3-D Digitized for Humankind Five decades after Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins journeyed to the moon, their spaceship finds a new digital life ...

The crew of Apollo 11 carried maps of the lunar surface on their mission to the Moon in July 1969. ... 1969 in the Command Module Columbia atop a Saturn V rocket. They achieved lunar orbit on July 20 ...

Following extensive digital scans and high resolution photography of the Apollo 11 command module, a number of markings have come to light, including a calendar drawn onto the walls.

When an explosion rocked Apollo 13's service module on April 13, 1970, the vehicle's vital role, and that of the attached command module spacecraft, suddenly became crystal clear. The astronauts ...

The command module performed so well that NASA felt confident in making a bold move — sending Apollo 8 all the way around the moon in December. Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbit test of the lunar module.

It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according to two engineers who were part of the effort.

The command module performed so well that NASA felt confident in making a bold move — sending Apollo 8 all the way around the moon in December. Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbit test of the lunar module.

It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according to two engineers who were part of the effort.