Apollo

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

North America and the Pacific can be seen clearly in this view of Earth captured during Apollo 10, 18 May 1969. Credit: NASA / restored by Toby Ord

Gallery Apollo photos of Earth from space

Apollo 15 astronauts Jim Iwrin and David Scott deploy the first Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon. Credit: NASA

Radio Astronomy Podcast 50 years since Apollo 15

Michael Collins' official Apollo 11 portrait. Credit: NASA

Former Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90

The Apollo 14 lunar module on the Moon. Credit: Science & Society Picture Library / Getty Images

Apollo 14 Marking 50 years since the 3rd crewed moonlanding

“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