Click to open image viewer. As part of the Apollo program, a number of so-called "boilerplate" (BP) command modules were constructed to undergo various tests and to serve as training vehicles for ...

On July 18, 1969, 39 years ago, the three astronauts aboard the NASA Apollo 11 spacecraft were winging their way to the Moon for humankind's first manned landing on an extraterrestrial body. Their ...

Apollo 11 Command Module “Columbia,” 1969 On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July […] ...

It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...

1969年7月20日、アポロ11号の月着陸船イーグルの脇に立ち作業を行うアメリカ人宇宙飛行士バズ・オルドリン。月着陸船の下半分、足のある銅色の部分は「下降段（DS：descent stage）」と呼ばれ、現在でも月面に残されたままになっている。下降段の上に位置 ...