# Moon Landing

> Moon Landing: an interactive timeline spanning Mar 7, 1961 to Dec 20, 1972 with 1000 events, published on Linecept.

- Source: https://www.linecept.com/p/moon-landing-i85oxm
- Published: Jul 14, 2026
- Time span: Mar 7, 1961 – Dec 20, 1972
- Timezone: UTC
- Timelines: 65
- Events: 1000
- Contributors: David Kutas, Máté Melcher

## Timelines

- Launch (Jul 16, 1969): Saturn V liftoff from Pad 39A.
- Gemini on Every Front Page (Jun 3, 1965): White's spacewalk captivates the press.
- Freedom 7 (May 5, 1961): Shepard suborbital.
- Ranger 7 — First Close-Ups (Jul 31, 1964): 4,300 images before impact.
- Command & Service Module (Nov 28, 1961 – Oct 22, 1968): North American Aviation's spacecraft — the crew's home for the journey to and from the Moon.
- The VAB Rises (Apr 15, 1965): One of the largest buildings on Earth.
- Gemini 3 (Mar 23, 1965): First crewed.
- Kennedy Speech (May 25, 1961): The speech that created Apollo.
- Gemini 4 (Jun 3, 1965): First American EVA.
- The Crawler-Transporter (Jun 20, 1965): Moves the stack to the pad at 1 mph.
- Friendship 7 (Feb 20, 1962): Glenn orbits.
- Kennedy Assassinated (Nov 22, 1963): The president who set the goal is gone; the Moon becomes his memorial.
- Saturn V (Jan 25, 1962 – Nov 9, 1967): Moon rocket.
- Earthrise — Christmas Eve (Dec 24, 1968): The Apollo 8 broadcast reaches millions.
- Translunar Injection (Jul 16, 1969): S-IVB reignition sends Apollo 11 to the Moon.
- Ranger 9 — Live to Living Rooms (Mar 24, 1965): Impact images broadcast live on TV.
- Gemini 5 — Eight Days (Aug 21, 1965 – Aug 29, 1965): Endurance for a lunar-length mission.
- Peak Funding — 4.4% of the Budget (Jan 1, 1966): NASA's appropriation crests as Apollo ramps up.
- Faith 7 (May 15, 1963): Cooper endurance.
- The Moonwalk — 600 Million Watch (Jul 21, 1969): The largest audience in history.
- Pad 39A Complete (Oct 1, 1966): The pad the Moon rockets fly from.
- Surveyor 1 — Soft Landing (Jun 2, 1966): Proved the surface holds a lander.
- LOR Decision (Jul 11, 1962): Architecture selected.
- Translunar Coast (Jul 16, 1969 – Jul 19, 1969): Three days coasting to the Moon.
- Lunar Orbiter — Site Mapping (Aug 18, 1966): Photographed the candidate landing sites.
- Lunar Module (Nov 7, 1962 – Jan 8, 1969): Grumman lander.
- Public Fatigue Sets In (Dec 11, 1972): By Apollo 17, the networks move on.
- Gemini 7 — Two Weeks in Orbit (Dec 4, 1965 – Dec 18, 1965): Fourteen days — and a rendezvous target.
- Lunar Orbit Insertion (Jul 19, 1969): SPS engine fires behind the Moon to enter orbit.
- Congress Investigates Apollo 1 (Apr 1, 1967): Senate hearings after the fire test the program's survival.
- Eagle Undocks (Jul 20, 1969): The Lunar Module separates from Columbia.
- Mercury Program (May 5, 1961 – May 16, 1963): First human spaceflight.
- Gemini 6A — First Rendezvous (Dec 15, 1965 – Dec 16, 1965): Two spacecraft station-keep in orbit.
- Mission Control (Jun 1, 1965 – May 26, 1969): Ground team.
- Gemini 8 (Mar 16, 1966): First docking.
- Apollo 1 Fire (Jan 27, 1967 – Apr 1, 1967): Tragedy and redesign.
- Powered Descent (Jul 20, 1969 – Jul 20, 1969): 12 minutes from PDI to touchdown.
- Media & Public Response (Jan 1, 1965 – Dec 19, 1972): How the nation followed the program — press, television, and the moments that captivated the public.
- Apollo 4 (Nov 9, 1967 – Nov 10, 1967): All-up test.
- Gemini 11 — Record Apogee (Sep 12, 1966 – Sep 15, 1966): Agena docking and the highest Earth orbit.
- Gemini Program (Mar 23, 1965 – Nov 15, 1966): Rendezvous, docking, EVA.
- Surface Operations — Moonwalk (Jul 21, 1969 – Jul 21, 1969): EVA: first steps, experiments, sample collection.
- Columbia in Orbit (Jul 20, 1969 – Jul 21, 1969): Collins orbiting alone while Eagle is on the surface.
- Gemini 12 (Nov 11, 1966): EVA mastered.
- Launch Complex 39 & the VAB (Aug 1, 1962 – Nov 30, 1966): The ground built for the Saturn V — the world's largest building, the crawler, and Pad 39A.
- Apollo 5 — LM Unmanned Test (Jan 22, 1968 – Jan 23, 1968): First flight of the Lunar Module.
- Robotic Precursors (Jan 6, 1964 – Aug 10, 1967): Unmanned scouts that imaged the Moon, proved a soft landing, and mapped the sites.
- Ascent & Rendezvous (Jul 21, 1969 – Jul 21, 1969): Eagle lifts off and docks with Columbia.
- Apollo 6 — Second All-Up Test (Apr 4, 1968): Saturn V shakes but flies.
- Trans-Earth Injection (Jul 22, 1969): The burn that sends them home.
- Apollo Program (Nov 28, 1961 – Dec 20, 1972): Spacecraft, vehicle, control, test flights.
- Apollo 7 (Oct 11, 1968 – Oct 14, 1968): CSM checkout.
- The First Moon Landing — Apollo 11 (Jul 16, 1969 – Jul 24, 1969): July 16–24, 1969. Eight days from launch to splashdown — the mission that landed the first humans on the Moon.
- Apollo 8 (Dec 21, 1968 – Dec 28, 1968): First to the Moon.
- Trans-Earth Coast (Jul 22, 1969 – Jul 24, 1969): Three days coasting home — TV broadcasts, navigation checks, and growing anticipation.
- Splashdown (Jul 24, 1969): Pacific Ocean recovery.
- Apollo 9 (Mar 3, 1969 – Mar 14, 1969): LM test Earth orbit.
- Apollo 10 (May 18, 1969 – May 26, 1969): Dress rehearsal.
- Apollo 11 — Mission Complete (Jul 16, 1969 – Jul 24, 1969): First crewed landing achieved July 20, 1969.
- Apollo 12 — Precision Landing (Nov 14, 1969 – Nov 24, 1969): Second Moon landing. Conrad and Bean landed within walking distance of Surveyor 3, proving pinpoint accuracy. They retrieved parts from the old probe.
- Apollo 13 — Successful Failure (Apr 11, 1970 – Apr 17, 1970): An oxygen tank exploded en route to the Moon. The crew used the Lunar Module as a lifeboat and returned safely — NASA's finest hour of improvisation.
- Apollo 14 — Return to the Moon (Jan 31, 1971 – Feb 9, 1971): First landing after Apollo 13. Shepard — the oldest astronaut at 47 — hit a golf ball on the lunar surface. Mitchell conducted ESP experiments in secret.
- Apollo 15 — Exploration with the Rover (Jul 26, 1971 – Aug 7, 1971): First mission with the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Scott and Irwin drove 17 miles across the Hadley-Apennine region — the first real geological field work on the…
- Apollo 16 — Highlands Exploration (Apr 16, 1972 – Apr 27, 1972): First landing in the lunar highlands — a dramatically different terrain from the mare sites. Young and Duke explored the Descartes region with the rover.
- Apollo 17 — The Last Mission (Dec 7, 1972 – Dec 19, 1972): The final Apollo landing. Cernan and Schmitt — the only scientist to walk on the Moon — explored Taurus-Littrow. Cernan remains the last human to leave a…

## Events (chronological)

- Mar 7, 1961: Flying to the Edge of Space — The X-15 is the fastest, highest-flying aircraft ever built — air-launched from a B-52, rocket-powered, flown to the fringe of space and back. It's feeding the crewed program hard…
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 5, 1961: First American in Space — 15-min suborbital. Hardware works.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 25, 1961: The Challenge — Kennedy committed to landing on the Moon before the decade ended.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Reviewed the Mercury capsule work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Reviewed the Mercury capsule work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Reviewed the Mercury capsule work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Reviewed the Mercury capsule work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- May 31, 1961: Mercury ops — 1 — Reviewed the Mercury capsule work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Ran the Mercury capsule analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Ran the Mercury capsule analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Ran the Mercury capsule analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Ran the Mercury capsule analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Sep 14, 1961: Mercury ops — 3 — Ran the Mercury capsule analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Met with the Mercury capsule team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Met with the Mercury capsule team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Met with the Mercury capsule team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Met with the Mercury capsule team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Dec 29, 1961: Mercury ops — 5 — Met with the Mercury capsule team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Jan 4, 1962: CSM dev — 1 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 4, 1962: CSM dev — 1 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 4, 1962: CSM dev — 1 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 4, 1962: CSM dev — 1 — The Command Module software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Jan 4, 1962: CSM dev — 1 — The Command Module software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Jan 4, 1962: CSM dev — 1 — The Command Module software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Jan 4, 1962: CSM dev — 1 — The Command Module software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 20, 1962: First American in Orbit — Three orbits.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Completed Saturn V booster crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Completed Saturn V booster crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Completed Saturn V booster crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Completed Saturn V booster crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Feb 24, 1962: Saturn V — 1 — Completed Saturn V booster crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — The Mercury capsule test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — The Mercury capsule test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — The Mercury capsule test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — The Mercury capsule test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Apr 14, 1962: Mercury ops — 7 — The Mercury capsule test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Apr 20, 1962: Neil at the Stick — Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 above 207,000 feet. He famously ballooned off the top of the atmosphere and had to fly a long arc back to Edwards. Seven years before the Moon.
- Jun 1, 1962: CSM dev — 3 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 1, 1962: CSM dev — 3 — Updated the Command Module schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Jun 1, 1962: CSM dev — 3 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 1, 1962: CSM dev — 3 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 1, 1962: CSM dev — 3 — Updated the Command Module schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Jun 1, 1962: CSM dev — 3 — Updated the Command Module schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Jun 1, 1962: CSM dev — 3 — Updated the Command Module schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — The Saturn V booster failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — The Saturn V booster failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — The Saturn V booster failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — The Saturn V booster failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 25, 1962: Saturn V — 3 — The Saturn V booster failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 11, 1962: LOR Selected — Only architecture fitting weight and schedule.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Wrapped up the Mercury capsule design review. No showstoppers — three minor findings to address before CDR.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Wrapped up the Mercury capsule design review. No showstoppers — three minor findings to address before CDR.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Wrapped up the Mercury capsule design review. No showstoppers — three minor findings to address before CDR.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Wrapped up the Mercury capsule design review. No showstoppers — three minor findings to address before CDR.
- Jul 29, 1962: Mercury ops — 9 — Wrapped up the Mercury capsule design review. No showstoppers — three minor findings to address before CDR.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Updated the Apollo program schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Updated the Apollo program schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Updated the Apollo program schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Updated the Apollo program schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Aug 6, 1962: Apollo engineering — 1 — Updated the Apollo program schedule baseline. Critical path shifted by two weeks — still within the window.
- Sep 12, 1962: We Choose to Go to the Moon — Kennedy tells 40,000 at Rice Stadium we go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is hard. The speech turns a budget line into a national mission.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Ran a Saturn V booster end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Ran a Saturn V booster end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Ran a Saturn V booster end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Ran a Saturn V booster end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Oct 24, 1962: Saturn V — 5 — Ran a Saturn V booster end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Oct 27, 1962: CSM dev — 5 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 27, 1962: CSM dev — 5 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 27, 1962: CSM dev — 5 — The Command Module vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Oct 27, 1962: CSM dev — 5 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 27, 1962: CSM dev — 5 — The Command Module vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Oct 27, 1962: CSM dev — 5 — The Command Module vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Oct 27, 1962: CSM dev — 5 — The Command Module vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — The Mercury capsule hardware arrived from the vendor. Incoming inspection passed. Bench testing begins Monday.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — The Mercury capsule hardware arrived from the vendor. Incoming inspection passed. Bench testing begins Monday.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — The Mercury capsule hardware arrived from the vendor. Incoming inspection passed. Bench testing begins Monday.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — The Mercury capsule hardware arrived from the vendor. Incoming inspection passed. Bench testing begins Monday.
- Nov 12, 1962: Mercury ops — 11 — The Mercury capsule hardware arrived from the vendor. Incoming inspection passed. Bench testing begins Monday.
- Nov 19, 1962: Apollo engineering — 3 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 19, 1962: Apollo engineering — 3 — The Apollo program vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Nov 19, 1962: Apollo engineering — 3 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 19, 1962: Apollo engineering — 3 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 19, 1962: Apollo engineering — 3 — The Apollo program vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Nov 19, 1962: Apollo engineering — 3 — The Apollo program vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Nov 19, 1962: Apollo engineering — 3 — The Apollo program vendor delivered the qualification unit. It passed vibration and thermal vacuum without anomaly.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — The Lunar Module power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — The Lunar Module power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — The Lunar Module power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — The Lunar Module power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Dec 13, 1962: LM design — 1 — The Lunar Module power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Feb 21, 1963: Saturn V — 7 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Closed out the Mercury capsule anomaly from last month. Root cause was a procedural miss, not a hardware defect. Updated the checklist.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Progress on Mercury ops. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Closed out the Mercury capsule anomaly from last month. Root cause was a procedural miss, not a hardware defect. Updated the checklist.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Closed out the Mercury capsule anomaly from last month. Root cause was a procedural miss, not a hardware defect. Updated the checklist.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Closed out the Mercury capsule anomaly from last month. Root cause was a procedural miss, not a hardware defect. Updated the checklist.
- Feb 25, 1963: Mercury ops — 13 — Closed out the Mercury capsule anomaly from last month. Root cause was a procedural miss, not a hardware defect. Updated the checklist.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Completed Apollo program crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Completed Apollo program crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Completed Apollo program crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Completed Apollo program crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Mar 3, 1963: Apollo engineering — 5 — Completed Apollo program crew procedures review with the astronaut office. Three steps simplified based on their feedback.
- Mar 25, 1963: CSM dev — 7 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Submitted the Lunar Module certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Submitted the Lunar Module certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Submitted the Lunar Module certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Submitted the Lunar Module certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- May 7, 1963: LM design — 3 — Submitted the Lunar Module certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- May 15, 1963: 34 Hours — Hand-flew reentry after automatics failed.
- Jun 1, 1963: Selling the Program to the Public — With Mercury complete, NASA's public affairs office turns every mission into a shared national event — live broadcasts, press kits, astronaut profiles. Public support is a…
- Jun 16, 1963: Apollo engineering — 7 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 16, 1963: Apollo engineering — 7 — The Apollo program failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 16, 1963: Apollo engineering — 7 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 16, 1963: Apollo engineering — 7 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 16, 1963: Apollo engineering — 7 — The Apollo program failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 16, 1963: Apollo engineering — 7 — The Apollo program failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 16, 1963: Apollo engineering — 7 — The Apollo program failure modes analysis is done. Identified two single-point failures; both have workarounds in the procedures.
- Jun 22, 1963: Saturn V — 9 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 20, 1963: CSM dev — 9 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 22, 1963: 354,200 Feet — Joe Walker took the X-15 to 354,200 feet — over 67 miles, past the 100-km line. An airplane in space, flown by a pilot, landed on a runway. The highest X-15 flight ever.
- Sep 28, 1963: Apollo engineering — 9 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 28, 1963: Apollo engineering — 9 — Ran a Apollo program end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Sep 28, 1963: Apollo engineering — 9 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 28, 1963: Apollo engineering — 9 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 28, 1963: Apollo engineering — 9 — Ran a Apollo program end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Sep 28, 1963: Apollo engineering — 9 — Ran a Apollo program end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Sep 28, 1963: Apollo engineering — 9 — Ran a Apollo program end-to-end sim with the full team. One comm dropout simulated and recovered correctly.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — The Lunar Module fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — The Lunar Module fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — The Lunar Module fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — The Lunar Module fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Sep 29, 1963: LM design — 5 — The Lunar Module fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Oct 21, 1963: Saturn V — 11 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 31, 1963: All-Up Testing Decision — Mueller mandated all-up testing — fly all stages live on the first flight instead of testing each incrementally. Von Braun's team resisted but it saved two years.
- Oct 31, 1963: All-Up Testing Decision — Mueller mandated all-up testing — fly all stages live on the first flight instead of testing each incrementally. Von Braun's team resisted but it saved two years.
- Oct 31, 1963: All-Up Testing Decision — Mueller mandated all-up testing — fly all stages live on the first flight instead of testing each incrementally. Von Braun's team resisted but it saved two years.
- Oct 31, 1963: All-Up Testing Decision — Mueller mandated all-up testing — fly all stages live on the first flight instead of testing each incrementally. Von Braun's team resisted but it saved two years.
- Oct 31, 1963: All-Up Testing Decision — Mueller mandated all-up testing — fly all stages live on the first flight instead of testing each incrementally. Von Braun's team resisted but it saved two years.
- Oct 31, 1963: All-Up Testing Decision — Mueller mandated all-up testing — fly all stages live on the first flight instead of testing each incrementally. Von Braun's team resisted but it saved two years.
- Oct 31, 1963: All-Up Testing Decision — Mueller mandated all-up testing — fly all stages live on the first flight instead of testing each incrementally. Von Braun's team resisted but it saved two years.
- Jan 6, 1964: Precursor Strategy Set — Three robotic programs will de-risk Apollo: Ranger for close-up images, Surveyor to prove a soft landing survives, and Lunar Orbiter to map the sites. No crew lands until the…
- Jan 6, 1964: Precursor Strategy Set — Three robotic programs will de-risk Apollo: Ranger for close-up images, Surveyor to prove a soft landing survives, and Lunar Orbiter to map the sites. No crew lands until the…
- Jan 11, 1964: Apollo engineering — 11 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 11, 1964: Apollo engineering — 11 — The Apollo program power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Jan 11, 1964: Apollo engineering — 11 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 11, 1964: Apollo engineering — 11 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 11, 1964: Apollo engineering — 11 — The Apollo program power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Jan 11, 1964: Apollo engineering — 11 — The Apollo program power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Jan 11, 1964: Apollo engineering — 11 — The Apollo program power budget audit closed with adequate margin on all buses. No action required.
- Jan 15, 1964: CSM dev — 11 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 19, 1964: Saturn V — 13 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 21, 1964: LM design — 7 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 25, 1964: Apollo engineering — 13 — Submitted the Apollo program certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- Apr 25, 1964: Apollo engineering — 13 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 25, 1964: Apollo engineering — 13 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 25, 1964: Apollo engineering — 13 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 25, 1964: Apollo engineering — 13 — Submitted the Apollo program certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- Apr 25, 1964: Apollo engineering — 13 — Submitted the Apollo program certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- Apr 25, 1964: Apollo engineering — 13 — Submitted the Apollo program certification package to the review board. Expecting disposition by end of month.
- Jun 1, 1964: Block I vs Block II Design Split — Block I is for uncrewed tests only. Block II — with the new hatch, new wiring, and nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere — is the ship that flies to the Moon.
- Jun 1, 1964: Block I vs Block II Design Split — Block I is for uncrewed tests only. Block II — with the new hatch, new wiring, and nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere — is the ship that flies to the Moon.
- Jun 1, 1964: Block I vs Block II Design Split — Block I is for uncrewed tests only. Block II — with the new hatch, new wiring, and nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere — is the ship that flies to the Moon.
- Jun 1, 1964: Block I vs Block II Design Split — Block I is for uncrewed tests only. Block II — with the new hatch, new wiring, and nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere — is the ship that flies to the Moon.
- Jun 1, 1964: Block I vs Block II Design Split — Block I is for uncrewed tests only. Block II — with the new hatch, new wiring, and nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere — is the ship that flies to the Moon.
- Jun 1, 1964: Block I vs Block II Design Split — Block I is for uncrewed tests only. Block II — with the new hatch, new wiring, and nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere — is the ship that flies to the Moon.
- Jun 11, 1964: CSM dev — 13 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 19, 1964: Saturn V — 15 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 15, 1964: LM design — 9 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 31, 1964: First Close-Up Images — After six failures, Ranger 7 returned 4,316 images in its final minutes before impact — a thousand times sharper than any telescope. The surface is workable.
- Jul 31, 1964: First Close-Up Images — After six failures, Ranger 7 returned 4,316 images in its final minutes before impact — a thousand times sharper than any telescope. The surface is workable.
- Aug 7, 1964: Apollo engineering — 15 — The Apollo program fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Aug 7, 1964: Apollo engineering — 15 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 7, 1964: Apollo engineering — 15 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 7, 1964: Apollo engineering — 15 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 7, 1964: Apollo engineering — 15 — The Apollo program fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Aug 7, 1964: Apollo engineering — 15 — The Apollo program fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Aug 7, 1964: Apollo engineering — 15 — The Apollo program fit-check in the mockup went smoothly. One cable routing change needed — minor impact.
- Oct 17, 1964: Saturn V — 17 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 7, 1964: CSM dev — 15 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Reviewed Apollo program telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Reviewed Apollo program telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Reviewed Apollo program telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Reviewed Apollo program telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Nov 20, 1964: Apollo engineering — 17 — Reviewed Apollo program telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Dec 7, 1964: LM design — 11 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 15, 1965: F-1 Engine Combustion Instability Solved — The F-1 suffered violent combustion instability that destroyed test articles. After months of bomb-testing — literally detonating small charges inside a running engine — we found…
- Jan 15, 1965: F-1 Engine Combustion Instability Solved — The F-1 suffered violent combustion instability that destroyed test articles. After months of bomb-testing — literally detonating small charges inside a running engine — we found…
- Jan 15, 1965: F-1 Engine Combustion Instability Solved — The F-1 suffered violent combustion instability that destroyed test articles. After months of bomb-testing — literally detonating small charges inside a running engine — we found…
- Jan 15, 1965: F-1 Engine Combustion Instability Solved — The F-1 suffered violent combustion instability that destroyed test articles. After months of bomb-testing — literally detonating small charges inside a running engine — we found…
- Jan 15, 1965: F-1 Engine Combustion Instability Solved — The F-1 suffered violent combustion instability that destroyed test articles. After months of bomb-testing — literally detonating small charges inside a running engine — we found…
- Jan 15, 1965: F-1 Engine Combustion Instability Solved — The F-1 suffered violent combustion instability that destroyed test articles. After months of bomb-testing — literally detonating small charges inside a running engine — we found…
- Jan 15, 1965: F-1 Engine Combustion Instability Solved — The F-1 suffered violent combustion instability that destroyed test articles. After months of bomb-testing — literally detonating small charges inside a running engine — we found…
- Feb 15, 1965: Saturn V — 19 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — The Apollo program spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — The Apollo program spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — The Apollo program spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — The Apollo program spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Mar 5, 1965: Apollo engineering — 19 — The Apollo program spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Mar 23, 1965: First Gemini Flight — Maneuvered in orbit.
- Apr 4, 1965: CSM dev — 17 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 10, 1965: The Press Corps Grows — As Gemini flies, the accredited press corps at the Cape swells into the hundreds. NASA opens a dedicated news center and runs briefings around each mission — every flight is now a…
- Apr 16, 1965: S-IC Static Fire — Full Duration — Five F-1 engines fired together for full duration on the Huntsville test stand. 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The concrete shook miles away.
- Apr 16, 1965: S-IC Static Fire — Full Duration — Five F-1 engines fired together for full duration on the Huntsville test stand. 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The concrete shook miles away.
- Apr 16, 1965: S-IC Static Fire — Full Duration — Five F-1 engines fired together for full duration on the Huntsville test stand. 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The concrete shook miles away.
- Apr 16, 1965: S-IC Static Fire — Full Duration — Five F-1 engines fired together for full duration on the Huntsville test stand. 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The concrete shook miles away.
- Apr 16, 1965: S-IC Static Fire — Full Duration — Five F-1 engines fired together for full duration on the Huntsville test stand. 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The concrete shook miles away.
- Apr 16, 1965: S-IC Static Fire — Full Duration — Five F-1 engines fired together for full duration on the Huntsville test stand. 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The concrete shook miles away.
- Apr 16, 1965: S-IC Static Fire — Full Duration — Five F-1 engines fired together for full duration on the Huntsville test stand. 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The concrete shook miles away.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Presented the Gemini spacecraft risk assessment to the board. Two items moved from yellow to green; one new amber item added for tracking.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Presented the Gemini spacecraft risk assessment to the board. Two items moved from yellow to green; one new amber item added for tracking.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Presented the Gemini spacecraft risk assessment to the board. Two items moved from yellow to green; one new amber item added for tracking.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Presented the Gemini spacecraft risk assessment to the board. Two items moved from yellow to green; one new amber item added for tracking.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Presented the Gemini spacecraft risk assessment to the board. Two items moved from yellow to green; one new amber item added for tracking.
- Apr 17, 1965: Gemini ops — 1 — Presented the Gemini spacecraft risk assessment to the board. Two items moved from yellow to green; one new amber item added for tracking.
- May 1, 1965: LM design — 13 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 1, 1965: SWIP — Super Weight Improvement Program — The LM was 2,000 pounds overweight. Grumman chemically milled the skin thinner than heavy foil, removed seats, and shaved every bracket. A dropped screwdriver would punch through…
- Jun 1, 1965: SWIP — Super Weight Improvement Program — The LM was 2,000 pounds overweight. Grumman chemically milled the skin thinner than heavy foil, removed seats, and shaved every bracket. A dropped screwdriver would punch through…
- Jun 1, 1965: Flight Director Authority Established — The foundational rule: the flight director's word is law during a mission. No one overrules — not the Administrator, not the President.
- Jun 1, 1965: Flight Director Authority Established — The foundational rule: the flight director's word is law during a mission. No one overrules — not the Administrator, not the President.
- Jun 1, 1965: SWIP — Super Weight Improvement Program — The LM was 2,000 pounds overweight. Grumman chemically milled the skin thinner than heavy foil, removed seats, and shaved every bracket. A dropped screwdriver would punch through…
- Jun 1, 1965: Flight Director Authority Established — The foundational rule: the flight director's word is law during a mission. No one overrules — not the Administrator, not the President.
- Jun 1, 1965: SWIP — Super Weight Improvement Program — The LM was 2,000 pounds overweight. Grumman chemically milled the skin thinner than heavy foil, removed seats, and shaved every bracket. A dropped screwdriver would punch through…
- Jun 1, 1965: Flight Director Authority Established — The foundational rule: the flight director's word is law during a mission. No one overrules — not the Administrator, not the President.
- Jun 1, 1965: SWIP — Super Weight Improvement Program — The LM was 2,000 pounds overweight. Grumman chemically milled the skin thinner than heavy foil, removed seats, and shaved every bracket. A dropped screwdriver would punch through…
- Jun 1, 1965: SWIP — Super Weight Improvement Program — The LM was 2,000 pounds overweight. Grumman chemically milled the skin thinner than heavy foil, removed seats, and shaved every bracket. A dropped screwdriver would punch through…
- Jun 1, 1965: Flight Director Authority Established — The foundational rule: the flight director's word is law during a mission. No one overrules — not the Administrator, not the President.
- Jun 1, 1965: SWIP — Super Weight Improvement Program — The LM was 2,000 pounds overweight. Grumman chemically milled the skin thinner than heavy foil, removed seats, and shaved every bracket. A dropped screwdriver would punch through…
- Jun 1, 1965: Flight Director Authority Established — The foundational rule: the flight director's word is law during a mission. No one overrules — not the Administrator, not the President.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: The Spacewalk Photos — Ed White's EVA photographs ran on front pages worldwide. The image of a man floating free above the Earth did more for public enthusiasm than any press release.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: White Walks — Ed White floated free 23 min.
- Jun 3, 1965: The Spacewalk Photos — Ed White's EVA photographs ran on front pages worldwide. The image of a man floating free above the Earth did more for public enthusiasm than any press release.
- Jun 16, 1965: Saturn V — 21 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Completed the Apollo program electromagnetic compatibility test. No interference between subsystems detected.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Completed the Apollo program electromagnetic compatibility test. No interference between subsystems detected.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Completed the Apollo program electromagnetic compatibility test. No interference between subsystems detected.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Completed the Apollo program electromagnetic compatibility test. No interference between subsystems detected.
- Jun 17, 1965: Apollo engineering — 21 — Completed the Apollo program electromagnetic compatibility test. No interference between subsystems detected.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Reviewed mission control systems telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Reviewed mission control systems telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Reviewed mission control systems telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Reviewed mission control systems telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Jul 7, 1965: Flight control — 1 — Reviewed mission control systems telemetry from the last ground test. All channels nominal. Archiving for flight comparison.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Completed the Gemini spacecraft interface verification. All signals match the ICD. Ready for end-to-end testing.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Completed the Gemini spacecraft interface verification. All signals match the ICD. Ready for end-to-end testing.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Completed the Gemini spacecraft interface verification. All signals match the ICD. Ready for end-to-end testing.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Completed the Gemini spacecraft interface verification. All signals match the ICD. Ready for end-to-end testing.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Completed the Gemini spacecraft interface verification. All signals match the ICD. Ready for end-to-end testing.
- Jul 26, 1965: Gemini ops — 3 — Completed the Gemini spacecraft interface verification. All signals match the ICD. Ready for end-to-end testing.
- Aug 30, 1965: CSM dev — 19 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 24, 1965: LM design — 15 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — The Apollo program propellant loading procedure passed its dry-run validation. Ready for countdown rehearsal.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — The Apollo program propellant loading procedure passed its dry-run validation. Ready for countdown rehearsal.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — The Apollo program propellant loading procedure passed its dry-run validation. Ready for countdown rehearsal.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — The Apollo program propellant loading procedure passed its dry-run validation. Ready for countdown rehearsal.
- Sep 30, 1965: Apollo engineering — 23 — The Apollo program propellant loading procedure passed its dry-run validation. Ready for countdown rehearsal.
- Oct 15, 1965: Saturn V — 23 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Documented the Gemini spacecraft lessons learned from the last test campaign. Three recommendations for the next build cycle.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Documented the Gemini spacecraft lessons learned from the last test campaign. Three recommendations for the next build cycle.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Documented the Gemini spacecraft lessons learned from the last test campaign. Three recommendations for the next build cycle.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Documented the Gemini spacecraft lessons learned from the last test campaign. Three recommendations for the next build cycle.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Documented the Gemini spacecraft lessons learned from the last test campaign. Three recommendations for the next build cycle.
- Nov 4, 1965: Gemini ops — 5 — Documented the Gemini spacecraft lessons learned from the last test campaign. Three recommendations for the next build cycle.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — The mission control systems spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — The mission control systems spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — The mission control systems spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — The mission control systems spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Nov 30, 1965: Flight control — 3 — The mission control systems spare parts inventory is complete. Two long-lead items on order — delivery tracked weekly.
- Jan 1, 1966: The Money Peaks — NASA's budget hits 4.4% of federal spending — the high-water mark. Everything the program will ever need is funded now; the challenge shifts from money to schedule.
- Jan 1, 1966: The Money Peaks — NASA's budget hits 4.4% of federal spending — the high-water mark. Everything the program will ever need is funded now; the challenge shifts from money to schedule.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Reviewed the Apollo program work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Reviewed the Apollo program work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Reviewed the Apollo program work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Reviewed the Apollo program work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- Jan 12, 1966: Apollo engineering — 25 — Reviewed the Apollo program work from last week. The thermal margins are tighter than expected but still within spec. Documenting the trade-offs for the board.
- Jan 25, 1966: CSM dev — 21 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — The Gemini spacecraft weight budget closed with 12 lbs of margin. That's tight but workable — we're locking the design.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — The Gemini spacecraft weight budget closed with 12 lbs of margin. That's tight but workable — we're locking the design.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — The Gemini spacecraft weight budget closed with 12 lbs of margin. That's tight but workable — we're locking the design.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — The Gemini spacecraft weight budget closed with 12 lbs of margin. That's tight but workable — we're locking the design.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — The Gemini spacecraft weight budget closed with 12 lbs of margin. That's tight but workable — we're locking the design.
- Feb 12, 1966: Gemini ops — 7 — The Gemini spacecraft weight budget closed with 12 lbs of margin. That's tight but workable — we're locking the design.
- Feb 13, 1966: Saturn V — 25 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Feb 16, 1966: LM design — 17 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Mar 1, 1966: Heat Shield Testing — The ablative heat shield must survive 5,000°F at 25,000 mph reentry from lunar return. Tested in arc-jet facilities. The material chars, erodes, and carries the heat away.
- Mar 1, 1966: Heat Shield Testing — The ablative heat shield must survive 5,000°F at 25,000 mph reentry from lunar return. Tested in arc-jet facilities. The material chars, erodes, and carries the heat away.
- Mar 1, 1966: Heat Shield Testing — The ablative heat shield must survive 5,000°F at 25,000 mph reentry from lunar return. Tested in arc-jet facilities. The material chars, erodes, and carries the heat away.
- Mar 1, 1966: Heat Shield Testing — The ablative heat shield must survive 5,000°F at 25,000 mph reentry from lunar return. Tested in arc-jet facilities. The material chars, erodes, and carries the heat away.
- Mar 1, 1966: Heat Shield Testing — The ablative heat shield must survive 5,000°F at 25,000 mph reentry from lunar return. Tested in arc-jet facilities. The material chars, erodes, and carries the heat away.
- Mar 1, 1966: Heat Shield Testing — The ablative heat shield must survive 5,000°F at 25,000 mph reentry from lunar return. Tested in arc-jet facilities. The material chars, erodes, and carries the heat away.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Mar 16, 1966: First Docking — Armstrong docked, saved mission from thruster failure.
- Apr 24, 1966: Flight control — 5 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Ran the Apollo program analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Ran the Apollo program analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Ran the Apollo program analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Ran the Apollo program analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- Apr 27, 1966: Apollo engineering — 27 — Ran the Apollo program analysis again with updated parameters. Results came back cleaner this time — the redesign is paying off.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Finished the Gemini spacecraft reliability analysis. The redundancy scheme meets the mission requirement with margin.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Finished the Gemini spacecraft reliability analysis. The redundancy scheme meets the mission requirement with margin.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Finished the Gemini spacecraft reliability analysis. The redundancy scheme meets the mission requirement with margin.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Finished the Gemini spacecraft reliability analysis. The redundancy scheme meets the mission requirement with margin.
- May 23, 1966: Gemini ops — 9 — Finished the Gemini spacecraft reliability analysis. The redundancy scheme meets the mission requirement with margin.
- Jun 2, 1966: First US Soft Landing — Surveyor 1 set down gently and sent back over 11,000 images. The footpads sank only a few centimeters — the surface bears the weight. The deep-dust nightmare is dead.
- Jun 2, 1966: First US Soft Landing — Surveyor 1 set down gently and sent back over 11,000 images. The footpads sank only a few centimeters — the surface bears the weight. The deep-dust nightmare is dead.
- Jun 13, 1966: Saturn V — 27 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Jun 15, 1966: Humanizing the Astronauts — The magazine profiles put the crews' families and personalities on the cover. Readers follow the people, not just the hardware — and that emotional stake is what keeps the public…
- Jun 22, 1966: CSM dev — 23 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Jul 11, 1966: LM design — 19 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 10, 1966: Apollo engineering — 29 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 10, 1966: Apollo engineering — 29 — Met with the Apollo program team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Aug 10, 1966: Apollo engineering — 29 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 10, 1966: Apollo engineering — 29 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Aug 10, 1966: Apollo engineering — 29 — Met with the Apollo program team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Aug 10, 1966: Apollo engineering — 29 — Met with the Apollo program team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Aug 10, 1966: Apollo engineering — 29 — Met with the Apollo program team to walk through the integration schedule. Two open items remain; both have owners and deadlines.
- Aug 18, 1966: Mapping the Landing Sites — Lunar Orbiter photographed the candidate sites at resolutions down to a meter. Mission planners finally have the maps they need to choose where Eagle sets down.
- Aug 18, 1966: Mapping the Landing Sites — Lunar Orbiter photographed the candidate sites at resolutions down to a meter. Mission planners finally have the maps they need to choose where Eagle sets down.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — The Gemini spacecraft software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — Progress on Gemini ops. Team reviewed status.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — The Gemini spacecraft software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — The Gemini spacecraft software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — The Gemini spacecraft software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Sep 1, 1966: Gemini ops — 11 — The Gemini spacecraft software passed its acceptance test. All 847 test cases green. Delivering to integration.
- Sep 17, 1966: Flight control — 7 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- Oct 12, 1966: Saturn V — 29 — Progress on Saturn V. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 11, 1966: EVA Solved — Aldrin made spacewalks workable.
- Nov 18, 1966: CSM dev — 25 — Progress on CSM dev. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — The Apollo program test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — Progress on Apollo engineering. Team reviewed status.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — The Apollo program test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — The Apollo program test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — The Apollo program test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Nov 22, 1966: Apollo engineering — 31 — The Apollo program test data is in. One sensor reading was marginal on the first run but repeated clean across the next three. Proceeding to qualification.
- Dec 3, 1966: LM design — 21 — Progress on LM design. Team reviewed status.
- Jan 1, 1967: Simulation Training Program — Every flight controller runs hundreds of hours of sims before a mission. The sim supervisors throw every failure combination. By launch day the team has seen worse than reality.
- Jan 1, 1967: Simulation Training Program — Every flight controller runs hundreds of hours of sims before a mission. The sim supervisors throw every failure combination. By launch day the team has seen worse than reality.
- Jan 1, 1967: Simulation Training Program — Every flight controller runs hundreds of hours of sims before a mission. The sim supervisors throw every failure combination. By launch day the team has seen worse than reality.
- Jan 1, 1967: Simulation Training Program — Every flight controller runs hundreds of hours of sims before a mission. The sim supervisors throw every failure combination. By launch day the team has seen worse than reality.
- Jan 1, 1967: Simulation Training Program — Every flight controller runs hundreds of hours of sims before a mission. The sim supervisors throw every failure combination. By launch day the team has seen worse than reality.
- Jan 1, 1967: Simulation Training Program — Every flight controller runs hundreds of hours of sims before a mission. The sim supervisors throw every failure combination. By launch day the team has seen worse than reality.
- Jan 1, 1967: Simulation Training Program — Every flight controller runs hundreds of hours of sims before a mission. The sim supervisors throw every failure combination. By launch day the team has seen worse than reality.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Jan 27, 1967: Three Lives Lost — Fire killed the crew. Program stopped 20 months.
- Feb 1, 1967: Covering the Apollo 1 Fire — The fire that killed three astronauts is covered openly and painfully. NASA chooses to face the press honestly rather than hide — and that candor, in the darkest moment, is what…
- Feb 9, 1967: Flight control — 9 — Progress on Flight control. Team reviewed status.
- …and 500 more events (see https://www.linecept.com/p/moon-landing-i85oxm).

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