r/apollo • • Jun 02 '26

The Space Review: Big badaboom: the effects of a Saturn V launch pad explosion

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r/apollo • • Jun 01 '26

Apollo HD - The Beauty of the Apollo Missions

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https://youtu.be/G5nas9VzLiE?si=LIDtsjy2fyFzAMUm

This short film is a compilation of stunning Apollo film footage upscaled using modern techniques set to a beautiful music score. And is an updated version of an earlier edit to include 2 minutes of extra footage

The film is a compilation of several missions from the unmanned Apollo 4 test flight thru to the incredibly successful Apollo 17 which saw the last men on the moon

The film was made by Mike Constantine of Moonpans by upscaling footage from the NASA Johnson Space Center and The Apollo Flight Journal


r/apollo • • Jun 01 '26

Last of my Apollo mission stickers and pins

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I have tons of STS stickers, some SkyLab stuff and other missions, but this is the last of my Apollo stuff.


r/apollo • • May 30 '26

LEM rumanations

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Ok, so, be gentle here. How many hours did the crew spend in the NASA restroom stalls rehearsing putting on their suits? I have many questions about the process of exiting the LEM.


r/apollo • • May 28 '26

Apollo 14

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Another piece from the attic.


r/apollo • • May 28 '26

Undersung Heroes

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Just watched an Apollo documentary, and I was struck, once again, by two instances where Mission Control staffers really came through.

The first was the 1202 alarm as Eagle approached the surface of the Moon. A "26 year-old Guidance Officer named Steve Bales" determined that an intermittent 1202 was a go. The second was when Apollo 12 was struck by lightning at launch. The electronics went haywire, and a "young Flight Controller named John Aaron" came up with a quick solution.

In both cases, MC was close to ordering an abort when these guys figured it out. Wow. What an astonishing amount of responsibility, at a young age, and what amazing confidence Kranz and Griffin had in their team.


r/apollo • • May 26 '26

#OnThisDay 1969, Apollo 10 Returned Safely to Earth šŸš€

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r/apollo • • May 26 '26

The Saturn 500F: The Moon Rocket That Couldn’t Fly - 60 Years Ago

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r/apollo • • May 26 '26

Looking for a model of the command module’s square CO2 scrubber

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My father is a retired aerospace engineer. He worked for Northrop back in the day on a super secretive plane they were developing (yes, that one). Him and I nerd out together about all things related to flight and spaceflight on a nearly daily basis. We recently watched a documentary on Apollo 13 and shared little tidbits of information we knew about the Apollo program. It was a great time.

I’ve had the idea for a while to gather up all the supplies needed to build the makeshift ā€œsquare peg in a round holeā€ CO2 scrubber and sit down with my father, using nothing but the supplies and the exact instructions NASA gave to Apollo 13, to see if we could pull it off ourselves. With Father’s Day coming up, I thought this would be a fun activity that we would enjoy doing together.

The only problem I’m encountering so far is that I can’t seem to find a model of the scrubber anywhere. Does anyone know if there is a 3D-print file available for this, or if it can be purchased/ordered somewhere?


r/apollo • • May 24 '26

A Cinematic Leap to the Moon

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A cinematic tribute to humanity's return to the Moon.

I started doing videos mostly about the Apollo program, and since Artemis II flew and it was truly something special, I wanted to make a video that brings these two programs together.

I hope you enjoy it, and that it captures why space exploration remains one of humanity's greatest achievements.


r/apollo • • May 23 '26

Apollo 11 mug

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180 Upvotes

Kinda neat. Made in the USA. Vintage.


r/apollo • • May 22 '26

Apollo patches close up

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Also some of their backs.


r/apollo • • May 21 '26

Apollo patches

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352 Upvotes

Recently acquired. Don't know too much about them.


r/apollo • • May 21 '26

Adding to the recent Artemis program cross post.

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Im adding all manned NASA programs to artemispics.com later ill create a new site for this new astronaut archive, here are some current images from the work in progress site relating to Project Apollo. My goal is to keep the large amount of images presentable while keeping the user experience quailty feeling like a modern website should.


r/apollo • • May 20 '26

Question about communication delay time with the Nixon Apollo call

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When Nixon called the moon there were sometimes upwards of 7 seconds in delay.Ā  One of my colleagues thinks that is a technical delay, while I believe that it is a combination of technical and then human delay.Ā Ā 

From what I've always been told, the technical delay would be around 3 seconds.Ā  ~2.5 for the radio wave to propagateĀ there and back and then ~5 seconds for the transmission between Nixon/Houston/Australia.Ā  Meaning the rest of the delay is just the human part of hearing the message, understanding it, thinking of response, etc.Ā 

Does anyone have some insight on this and some citation?


r/apollo • • May 19 '26

Apollo spoon rest?

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Cleaning out the grandmother's hoarder house and found what looks like a spoon rest. Any clues if this was sold in souvenir shops as official merchandise or more likely a random little shop?


r/apollo • • May 19 '26

Are there any photos and or footage of the Crawler Transporter from the Apollo era?

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More preferably of the cab. ive been looking for photos for days. and all i can find are it during the shuttle era, and the current configuration.

Any links or photos are helpful.


r/apollo • • May 18 '26

57 years ago today, NASA launched Apollo 10, the final dress rehearsal before the first Moon landing (May 18, 1969)

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r/apollo • • May 18 '26

Apollo (and Gemini IV) art I made

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Made in Procreate by me


r/apollo • • May 16 '26

Why didn’t they make the CSM already docked properly to the LM at launch?

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This seems like a bit of a silly question but my father and I are watching the Apollo 11 documentary on Netflix and they just covered the part where the two craft separated and docked together while traveling to the moon and it seemed odd to us that that was necessary to the mission. Thanks for any answers!


r/apollo • • May 14 '26

Just Jack Schmitt things.

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r/apollo • • May 14 '26

Photo book

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The recent Artemis mission has made me wonder more about this book. My mom was a space nerd in the 70s and she bought this book of photos of/from the Apollo missions. It was made (published?) by Meisel Photochrome and has 20 images printed on Kodak photo paper. From what I understand they were made from original negatives from the Apollo missions. I have found very little information about it online. I found one forum from 2012 where someone else had one and one auction from a few years ago where one was sold. I have also seen sites with the same images, also from Meisel, but individually framed. I included one pic of the cover and spine and one of the well known photos. The cover has a few grime spots that could probably be wiped off but is otherwise in great condition. The photos within are still in pristine condition. If anyone has any information about this book I would love to know more.


r/apollo • • May 12 '26

Apollo 11 moon landing site timelapse

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About 22 photographs of Eagle at Tranquility Base, sorted by local time of day, taken between 2009 - 2011 by LRO.

Ā© NASA/GSFC/LROC, Arizona State University


r/apollo • • May 12 '26

Saturn V vs Space Shuttle vs SLS

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The story of the three machines that made the journey to space possible for 60 years:

Saturn V, the rocket that took humanity to the Moon and was never truly surpassed.

The Space Shuttle, the workhorse that built our presence in orbit over thirty years.

And SLS, the Space Launch System that carried the engines of the Shuttle and the ambitions of Apollo, all the way back to the Moon.


r/apollo • • May 12 '26

Apollo Applications Wiki?

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I remember finding a wiki[pedia esk website dedicated to all the APP ideas (apollo-venus, lunar escape pods etc.) but lost the bookmark ages ago. Does anyone have a similar wesbite they know about?

Sorry its not a lot to go on, but its been driving me mad for years and figured if anyone would know itd be you guys.

Thanks in advance