Rod Pyle

Recent articles by Rod Pyle

Mission Control’s flight controllers confer during the tense final 24 hours of the Apollo 13 mission. Credit: NASA

Apollo 13 How Mission Control brought the astronauts safely home

Buzz Aldrin sporting a t-shirt promoting exploration of Mars, 12 November 2015 in Geneva. Credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images

Buzz Aldrin at 90: an interview with the Apollo 11 astronaut

Neil Armstrong's flown spacesuit. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The Apollo spacesuit

Installation of the F-1 engines. Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Secrets of Apollo The Saturn V's F-1 engine

NASA planned to convert the upper stage of a Saturn V rocket to hold Venus-bound astronauts. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The missions that might have been

The Apollo Guidance Computer delivered astronauts safely to the lunar surface. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The Apollo Guidance Computer

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module gets ready to land. This image was captured from the Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The versatile Lunar Module