Apollo space nasa 5. Nasagov brings you the latest images videos and news from americas space agency. Nasa tram tours featuring apollo mission control center at nasa johnson space center. In fact from this room the nasa team exercised full mission control of apollo 11 from launch at the kennedy space center to splashdown in the pacific ocean. Eisenhowers administration as a three person spacecraft to follow the one person project mercury which put the.
Apollo space program nasa space program space rocket kennedy space center space images space shuttle space travel space exploration space crafts kennedy space center. 22 1968 and marked the first test flight of the lunar module that would eventually carry astronauts to the moon. Apollo 5 also known as as 204 was the first uncrewed flight of the apollo lunar module lm which would later carry astronauts to the lunar surface. It lifted off on january 22 1968 with a saturn ib rocket on an earth orbital flight.
The apollo program also known as project apollo was the third united states human spaceflight program carried out by the national aeronautics and space administration nasa which succeeded in landing the first humans on the moon from 1969 to 1972. See photos from the historic mission here. The centers nasa tram tours feature an opportunity to visit the apollo mission control center a national historic landmark. On space collectibles unique space merchandising products and authentic space memorabilia from over 50 years of nasa and russian space history such as astronaut and cosmonaut autographs historic hardware and even flown to the moon artifacts from the apollo 11 program great apollo 12 mission are offered with a lifelong authenticity garantuee.
The apollo 5 mission was intended to test the lunar module in a space environment in particular its descent and ascent engine systems and its ability to separate the ascent and descent stages. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. You can feel the history in the room from the monitors to the rotary dials. We are in the early evening with the skylab space station at the top of the last rocket saturn 5 which will be launched tomorrow.
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