Apollo Program
37 entries in the Apollo Program compendium.
Iona AllenSeamstress who made Neil Armstrong's Moon-walking boots.Apollo abort modesProcedures to terminate Apollo launches and rescue the crew.Apollo Applications ProgramNASA program that evolved into the Skylab space station.Apollo insurance coversSigned postal covers left by astronauts as financial security.Apollo program trainingComprehensive preparation for lunar surface operations and spaceflight.Apollo spacecraft feasibility studyNASA study that shaped the Apollo spacecraft design.ASC-15Digital computer for Titan II, Titan III, and Saturn I.Astronaut MonumentMonument honoring Apollo geology trainees in Húsavík, Iceland.Donald J. Atwood Jr.Engineer who led development of the Apollo guidance system.Peter BielkowiczPhysicist who worked on designing the Apollo Lunar Module.Boilerplate (spaceflight)Nonfunctional test craft used to develop launch vehicle procedures.Boost-glideLift-based trajectory extending range and reducing reentry heating.Canceled Apollo missionsPlanned Apollo flights that were never flown.Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 34Deactivated Apollo-era launch site on Cape Canaveral.Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 37Apollo-era launch complex now being adapted for Starship.The Case of the Missing Moon RocksNon-fiction book on recovering missing Apollo moon rocks.Cosmic ray visual phenomenaSpontaneous light flashes seen by astronauts beyond Earth's magnetosphere.Elaine DennistonKeypunch operator who caught errors in Apollo guidance software.Direct ascentFirst proposed Apollo landing method, rejected for requiring a huge rocket.Draper LaboratoryNon-profit R&D lab known for Apollo Guidance Computer.Earth orbit rendezvousA method for assembling lunar spacecraft in low Earth orbit.EarthriseFirst color photograph of Earth from lunar orbit.Extra-Terrestrial Exposure LawNASA regulation mandating quarantine for returning lunar astronauts.Eleanor ForakerSeamstress who helped create the Apollo A7L spacesuit.Joseph GutheinzFounder of the Moon Rock Project tracking Apollo lunar samples.David HoagDirector of the Apollo Program's guidance and navigation systems at MIT.USS Hornet (CV-12)Essex-class carrier that recovered Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 crews.John HouboltAerospace engineer who championed lunar orbit rendezvous for Apollo.IBM Information Management SystemHierarchical database and transaction manager from the Apollo program.ILC DoverDesigner of Apollo space suits and flexible material systems.Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landingsIndependent observations and analyses confirm the Apollo Moon landings.J002E3Likely Apollo 12 S-IVB stage in an unstable orbit.Barbara Crawford JohnsonAerospace engineer who shaped Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.David M. JonesDoolittle Raider, POW, and Air Force general.Thomas J. Kelly (aerospace engineer)American aerospace engineer known as the Father of the Lunar Module.Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39AHistoric launch pad for Apollo, Shuttle, and now SpaceX missions.Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39BSecond pad of Launch Complex 39, used for Apollo, Shuttle, and Artemis.
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