Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

James Burke investigates the Apollo 11 Command Module.


None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/Space

Read more on:

Photo of Apollo

Apollo

Photo of James

James

Photo of Module

Module

Related news:

News photo

McDonald's moonman: Apollo astronaut statue erected at Houston-area restaurant

News photo

Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 11 exactly 53 years ago today. A year later, Armstrong was still required to give an oral thesis defense for his master’s in aeronautical engineering at USC. He passed.

News photo

To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets — and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it's possible to do so