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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Module Ascent Engine

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NASA's Apollo lunar module ascent engine roars again

An Apollo lunar module ascent engine has been test fired after being in storage for decades to help technology development for NASA's new Moon programme Constellation. Fired on the auxiliary ...
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Is The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Ascent Stage Still in Lunar Orbit?

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 object ...
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This Apollo Era Lunar Module Never Made it to the Moon, Stranded In A Museum Instead

Is there anything more tragic than a spacecraft that never makes it to space? A vehicle with every intention of bringing men to worlds beyond but is instead stuck here on Earth, with only us lame ...
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Report on Top-Level Assessment of Use of Apollo Systems for ISS CRV (part 1)

A small team (Appendix 1) was chartered by NASA to make a top-level assessment of the viability of using the Apollo Command and Service Modules the basis for a Crew Return Vehicle, and potentially for ...
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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Ascent Module Engine

Click to open image viewer. This is the Lunar Module Ascent Engine, one of the most important in the manned Apollo missions. It was used to lift up the ascent stage of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) ...