The Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module ascent stage was abandoned in lunar orbit after the historic landing in 1969. Its fate is unknown. Numerical analysis described here provides evidence that this ...

However, when Apollo 11 neared its destination, astronauts performed a braking manoeuvre known as "lunar orbit insertion" to slow the spacecraft and cause it to go into orbit around the Moon.

The successful Apollo 11 mission delivered two American astronauts – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 (while Michael Collins famously remained in orbit).

The Apollo missions needed roughly three days' travel time each way -- Apollo 11 got from Earth to lunar orbit at midday on day three of its mission. (For Apollo 15, it was about 4.5 days from ...

he mused. Mr. Collins is often the forgotten astronaut on Apollo 11, the one who remained in orbit, 60 miles above the moon in the Apollo command module, waiting for his crewmates, Neil Armstrong ...

The Apollo 11 lunar module traveled through space after ... command module and service module to complete the trip to the moon. Once in lunar orbit, two astronauts used the lunar module to travel ...

Collins piloted Columbia, the command module, which would orbit the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the lunar surface. Sitting in the Apollo 11 spacecraft atop a Saturn V rocket at Florida's ...

John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, hailed from New Concord ... with news of the history Apollo 11 moon landing. (Sentinel archives) Aldrin followed Armstrong outside on the moon ...

After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered in a lunar orbit. The next day, the lunar module Eagle, with Armstrong and Aldrin inside, separated from the command module where ...

Apollo 13 never made it to the moon as it was intended ... make it into space and conduct an Earth orbit test. Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, for a mission that lasted almost 11 days.

It took Apollo 11 and its astronauts four days, six hours, and 45 minutes to reach the moon. The mission initially aimed to send a three-person crew to orbit the moon, rather than landing on the ...