OTD in Space – March 28: Last Test Flight of NASA's Saturn 1 Rocket Booster

On 1963 NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This uncrewed suborbital ...
Space.com

Astronaut Walt Cunningham, who test-flew Apollo 7 command module, dies at 90

Former NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew on the first test of the Apollo command module in Earth orbit, has died at the age of 90. Cunningham's death on Tuesday (Jan. 3) was confirmed by his ...
insider.si.edu

Command Module, Apollo 6

Click to open image viewer. The unmanned Apollo 6 Command Module (CM 020) was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1968 and recovered in the Pacific Ocean 10 hours later. The mission was the ...
Ars Technica

Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module, has died

Michael Collins—a two-time astronaut who piloted the command module during the historic Apollo 11 mission that landed the first humans on the Moon—died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family ...
LAist

The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.
Astronomy

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot, dies at 90

Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronaut dubbed “the loneliest man in history” for his role piloting the orbiting command module during the first Moon-landing Apollo mission, died on April 28 at the ...
CBS News

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died at 90

Michael Collins, the man who stayed behind aboard the Apollo 11 command module while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon and walked into history, died Wednesday after a ...