Click to open image viewer. This is the Lunar Module Ascent Engine, one of the most important in the manned Apollo missions. It was used to lift up the ascent stage of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) ...

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Come see inside the Lunar Module using 3D animation. The Apollo Lunar Module was the part of the Apollo Spacecraft that landed on the moon. The LM was split up into two parts - the ascent stage and ...

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 this day: July 21 has witnessed pivotal moments, from Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin blasted off from the moon in 1969 aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module to ...

The first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module meant that the United States had the ability to land astronauts onto the lunar surface, and lift them back up once their Moon mission was ...