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Checklist (Apollo 11)
During the Apollo 11 launch, this checklist was actually not used but rather used only in the event of a deviation from the original flight plan. Due to the success of the Apollo 11 launch, however, this was not necessary. -
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Apollo Spacecraft missions
Looking at two famous Apollo spacecraft launches with two starkly different outcomes, the Apollo 11 launch being the most successful space mission in history putting the first men on the moon in 1969 followed by the infamous crash of the Apollo 13 launch. Walk through a couple artifacts from the launches and get a glimpse of what it took to put people on the moon. -
Landing capsule collar
During the successful Apollo 11 landing, the landing capsule pictured landed in the Pacific ocean in July 1969. If the Apollo 13 mission had been, successful a very similar apparatus would have been used upon re-entry to secure the safety of the astronauts inside. Navy seals attached the collar pictured to the landing device to stabilize before enacting procedures to decontaminate and recover the astronauts inside before being flown by helicopter to a nearby recover boat. -
Machete, Rucksack #1, Survival Kit, Apollo 13
This Machete was provided to Apollo 13 astronauts as part of a survival kit. It was transferred by NASA in 1979. Obviously, this knife was not on the Apollo 13 spacecraft in the event of the explosion, however, it is similar to those that would have been on board.