Apollo

Articles and guides about the US space programme to land human beings on the Moon.

“It’s really a mess”: damage to one side of the service module became visible after the astronauts had separated from it. Credit: NASA

Interview NASA's Jerry Woodfill recalls the events of Apollo 13

Jerry Woodfill (left) is on hand in the mission evaluation room during the Apollo 11 mission. Credit: NASA

Radio Astronomy Podcast An interview with Apollo 13 Mission Control's Jerry Woodfill

The Apollo 13 following their safe landing back on Earth. Credit: NASA

Apollo 13 The story behind NASA's rescue mission

US president Richard Nixon pictured with the Apollo 13 astronauts, following their safe return to Earth. Credit: NASA

Radio Astronomy Podcast Apollo 13: 50 years on

Pete Conrad next to the Surveyor 3 lander, with the lunar module on the crater rim just 182m away. Credit: NASA

Apollo 12: the story of the second manned mission to the Moon

An erupting volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. Credit: NASA/JPL

Radio Astronomy Podcast Apollo 12, volcanic moons and cannibal galaxies

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

History of the moon landing

History Extra The history of the moonlanding

A stereo image of Apollo 16 Lunar Module pilot Charlie Duke on the Moon, as seen in the book Mission Moon 3D

Mission Moon 3-D: Brian May’s new book about the Apollo programme

Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in First Man. Credit: Universal Pictures

Film and TV reviews

Radio Times Apollo 11 on-screen: TV, film and radio celebrating the moonlanding

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

Secrets of Apollo The Apollo Guidance Computer

A view of the Apollo 11 landing sites in Mare Tranquillitatis. Credit: Pete Lawrence

How to find Apollo 11’s landing site on the Moon

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