Science news articles about 'lunar module'

Just over three hours after launch, the command module Columbia docks nose-to-nose with the lunar module Eagle

... vacuum. He has also discovered that microwaves melt lunar soil in less time than it takes to boil ... pads as it drives, and a device to melt soil over lunar modules to provide insulation against space ...

... unfolded NASA's electric-powered lunar rover from the lunar module and became the first humans ... traversed the moon's craggy surface. That maiden lunar drive will be revisited--at least in spirit--today ...

... ultraviolet radiation and X-rays — the thin lunar atmosphere does not attenuate solar radiation ... -detecting experiments. On the first morning of the experiment, the lunar module – 130 meters (426 feet ...

... 13 March Apollo 9 completes first human test of the lunar module. 18-26 May Apollo 10 orbits the moon and the lunar module drops to within nine miles of moon's surface. 16-24 July Apollo ...

... pinpoint this change to almost the second. We didn't have to wait for Neil Armstrong to get out of the lunar module and fumble a portentous remark about a small step for a man. When we heard the words ...

Three takes on the moon shot: a graphic novel, a scrapbook and a straight documentary approach.

... opportunities to photograph the Apollo landing sites. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) imaged ... very interested to get our first peek at the lunar module descent stages just for the thrill ...

The 40th anniversary of the first moon landing is a moment of particular pride for current and former employees who contributed to the effort at a Long Island defense plant.

19 July 1969: Aldrin enters the Eagle to carry out checks on the final day before the landing. Author of the new Haynes guide to Apollo 11 Christopher Riley provides the commentary

... the lunar module took off from the surface of the moon 40 years ago Neil Armstrong and ... propellants ever developed — to return them to lunar orbit and rendezvous with the Apollo Command and Service ...

Neil Armstrong skilfully pilots Apollo 11's Eagle lunar module to the surface of the moon – avoiding the odd crater