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NASA's Apollo program was a 17-mission program that focused on landing a human on the lunar surface. The program was the third human spaceflight by NASA, after Mercury and Gemini.
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To what extent did Apollo payload mass drive Saturn capability?
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The possible payload of Saturn V was carefully planed for the whole mission, but the difference of the payloads of the missions Apollo 11 and 17 was less than 3000 kg.
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Is there any merit to the Apollo 13 (movie) statement "a computer that can hold millions of ...
Early in the Apollo 13 movie, Lovell (Tom Hanks) is showing off the Saturn V and states that a part of what has made the moon landings possible is a belief that anything is possible, "things like a co …
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How much extraneous mass did each of the Apollo missions carry?
By "extraneous mass" I am referring to any mass which had not as its primary purpose onboard or attached to the launch vehicle to contribute to the technical or scientific goals of each mission.
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Could an Apollo astronaut have put their foot through the hull of the LEM?
0.012 inches (or approximately 0.305 mm) is actually fairly sturdy, under the right circumstances. See this related answer as well, but a soda can may have a wall thickness of 0.1 mm or even less and …
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Could a single crew member fly the Apollo LM?
We know that the Apollo astronauts were subject to rigorous medical testing prior to launch, and we know that this caused at least one Apollo crew member to be replaced very late in the process.
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Could the Apollo LM abort mode be engaged after touchdown? What would have happened if it was?
The Lunar Module had an abort mode where the crew basically just had to push the ABORT button on the control panel, and the ascent stage would detach from the descent stage, followed by the ascent sta …
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Was the Apollo 13 CM guidance computer fully shut down?
I was watching the movie Apollo 13, and one thing struck me as quite odd. According to Wikipedia,
[Movie director Ron] Howard went to great lengths to create a technically accurate movie, employin …
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