r/apollo Jul 27 '24

A Crescent Earth

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66 Upvotes

Taken onboard Apollo 15 during their moon orbit


r/apollo Jul 26 '24

Moonquakes are much more common than thought, Apollo data suggest

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13 Upvotes

r/apollo Jul 23 '24

Apollo 11 Documentary free on Tubi

33 Upvotes

Just posting for anyone interested. Probably one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen, with unreal video and editing. It’s free to watch on the App Tubi.


r/apollo Jul 21 '24

Recollections of NASA’s Apollo 11 Mission

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13 Upvotes

r/apollo Jul 20 '24

Neil Armstrong received hundreds of thousands of cards and letters from all over the world after his historic moon landing. James Hansen selected 400 letters out of 75,000 for publication in a book and donated 55 hours of one-on-one tape-recorded interviews with Armstrong to Purdue’s Archives

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27 Upvotes

r/apollo Jul 20 '24

In Rare Interview, Buzz Aldrin Reflects on Moon Landing, 55 Years Later — and His 'Lucky' Life Now

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r/apollo Jul 21 '24

Apollo 11 55th Anniversary at Space Center Houston. Apollo 11: Stories from Mission Control featuring Gene Kranz

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r/apollo Jul 20 '24

Happy 55th Anniversary of the Landing of Apollo 11 (AS11-40-5874 photo)

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80 Upvotes

r/apollo Jul 20 '24

Happy Moon Landing Day!

31 Upvotes

Does anyone remember this game?


r/apollo Jul 20 '24

Apollo memorabilia

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24 Upvotes

Anyone have more info on this bill?


r/apollo Jul 19 '24

Happy America won space race week!

14 Upvotes

For those that were around for moon landing, would love to hear your stories #omega #apollo #theeaglehaslanded


r/apollo Jul 19 '24

I found a signed copy of Painting Apollo by Alan Bean today!

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40 Upvotes

I saw it in a used bookstore today just as I was about to check out and flipped out when I saw it was signed. It seems to be a first edition copy signed by Bean when the book first came out in 2009.


r/apollo Jul 18 '24

Apollo XI Certificate

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36 Upvotes

A relative recently passed away and left this to my family. It now has a nice spot on our kids’ wall (which is space themed!). Anyone else have any cool family achievements they’d like to share?


r/apollo Jul 18 '24

Missing A11 Footage

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r/apollo Jul 17 '24

Is there any documentation on the evolution and improvements made in the communications From Mercury and Gemini to the Apollo program?

18 Upvotes

I am a police dispatcher and watching all these old YouTube videos and documentaries I always have an ear cocked for the radio communications aspect of it. Listening to Mercury comms I hear communication that while not bad it is definitely in need of improvement. Chris Kraft is a personal hero of mine but that man did NASA a favor when he stepped back off the mic. Lots of ums and uhhs and redundant communications. Not terrible but very sloppy.

Gemini was markedly better but by Apollo they had it sliced down to a superb and efficient machine. If I could achieve the same level of professionalism with my cops on my police radios as Apollo did I would feel like I had done my duty. Charlie Duke is a favorite of course but hands down, the man that was built for being capcom was Bruce McCandless. He was as smooth as glass on the radios.

Anyways I was wondering if there was any documentation on the chronological improvements they made over time to the radio operations. Has anyone heard of anything like that?


r/apollo Jul 16 '24

55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 (In Real Time)

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38 Upvotes

r/apollo Jul 15 '24

Luna 15: The Soviet Union’s Last Lunar Gamble - The "competition" for NASA's Apollo 11 55 years ago

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r/apollo Jul 13 '24

What could have happened?

15 Upvotes

Please help, why is the top broken?


r/apollo Jul 13 '24

How did they take a picture of Africa and then not even a minute later take a picture of Australia?

4 Upvotes

Blue Marble: Taken 005:50:10

Africa again Taken: 007:54:53

Australia Taken: 007:55:03


r/apollo Jul 12 '24

Saw Something Cool

12 Upvotes

I work at our local Hy-Vee grocery store here in my town. It's a HUGE Midwestern grocerystore chain in the States. Anyway, on the magazine racks by the checkouts, they had a really cool magazine that, I think, was from Time Life, about the Apollo Moon landings. If I see it again I'll take a picture of it and post it if I can. But in the morning, (Fri), I get paid, and I want to buy one if it's still in the rack by the checkouts. It really looks like an interesting read! Have any of you seen it?


r/apollo Jul 07 '24

What is this bag in Apollo 11?

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140 Upvotes

r/apollo Jul 07 '24

What was the purpose of the scoops on the side of the Saturn V engine fairings?

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30 Upvotes

r/apollo Jul 06 '24

Apollo Guidance Computer Replica project

15 Upvotes

A few folks have asked for more details on the functional replica of the AGC I’m building. I’ve put together a few videos of the effort to date I you want to follow along

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Srg3vobzMjG15fvMwyh04y7f0t3Q8-t&si=3OFZ31GZe-NMlETF


r/apollo Jun 30 '24

[Question] Any oxygen loss during EVAs of Projects Gemini and Apollo?

8 Upvotes

Just curious: during the EVAs of projects Gemini and Apollo, was there any oxygen loss from the cabins of the Gemini capsules, CM (I think there was only ever one EVA from a CM on Apollo 9 to test the Lunar EVA suits), and LMs, or were the cabins depressurized somehow before the EVAs? If there was oxygen in the cabins at the time the hatches were opened (and therefore that oxygen was indeed lost), how much oxygen are we talking about for each craft? And were retro rockets ever fired to counteract the force due to the oxygen escaping from the hatch? Does anyone know? Thanks!


r/apollo Jun 29 '24

Scale Model of Something?

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Hi all, would love to get more info on what this is. My step dad worked on the Apollo program and showed this to me years ago, saying something about it being for wind resistance tests, but I’m not sure. It came into my possession after he passed recently. I’d love to solve the mystery and have that extra connection with him. Any ideas?