What we read was astonishing; Program 63, 64, 65, lunar descent and landing ... One example was an issue with LM descent engine’s frequency responses. The manufacturer did not specify an ...

The Apollo Lunar Module was the part of the Apollo Spacecraft that landed on the moon. The LM was split up into two parts - the ascent stage and descent ... and the engine to leave the lunar ...

The Apollo astronauts had one shot to fire their Lunar Module’s ascent engine and get back to the ... The LM had two parts: a descent stage, which was left behind on the Moon, and an ascent ...

The module's descent stage - lower part with a big rocket engine - took Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. The vehicle's blocky upper ...

A Rocket You Can Count On When it comes to dependability, no human-rated rocket will be more critical than the descent engine for the next lunar lander, which will fire to slow the astronauts to a ...

The 11 minutes of powered descent to the lunar surface was Buzz Aldrin's most memorable moment in the lunar module. Damian Dovarganes / AP Images Buzz Aldrin, 79, the second man to walk on the ...