PIX4596614: Apollo 12: Alan Bean poses near Surveyor III - Apollo 12: Alan Bean near Surveyor III lunar probe - Alan Bean poses for a souvenir photo near the Surveyor III space probe 19/11/1969. Pete's “” tourist” picture of Al at the Surveyor III spacecraft with the LM in the background / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596200: Apollo 11: Lem shadow and footprints - Apollo 11: LM shadow and footprints - Footprints of astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin around the lunar module (Lem). This photograph shows in fine detail the impressions in the lunar soil made by astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. during their lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA). While astronauts Armstrong, commander, and Aldrin, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “” Eagle”” to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “” Columbia””” in lunar orbit. 20 July 1969 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597004: Crew Apollo 14 - Apollo 14 crew - From top to bottom: Edgar Mitchell (pilot of the lunar module), Stuart Roosa (pilot of the control module) and Alan Shepard (commander) posing in front of the mock-up of the lunar module. 07/07/1970. Edgar Mitchell, Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard, commander; Stuart Roosa, command module pilot and Edgar Mitchell, lunar module pilot standing in front of a Lunar Module mock - up. Jul 07 1970 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596822: Apollo 13: Saturn V on his shooting pitch - Apollo 13: Saturn V on launch pad at night - Fusee Saturn V/Apollo 13 on his shooting pitch. 24 March 1970. Nighttime, ground level view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 13 (Spacecraft 109/Lunar Module 7/Saturn 508) space vehicle during Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT). The crew of Nasa's third lunar landing mission includes astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. The Apollo 13 launch has been scheduled for 2:13 p.m. (EST), April 11, 1970. 24 March 1970 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596945: Apollo 13: recuperation of the capsule - Apollo 13 command module recovery - The control module of Apollo 13 winch on board the “Iwo Jima”. 17/04/1970. Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596978: Apollo 13: return of astronauts - Apollo 13: the crew on the recovery ship - Admiral Donald C. Davis welcomes astronauts from the Apollo 13 mission aboard the USS Iwo Jima airplane door. Astronauts (left to right) Fred W. Haise Jr, John L. Swigert Jr and James A. Lovell Jr landed in the Pacific Ocean on 17 April 1970. Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the Pacific Recovery Forces for the Manned Spacecraft Missions, welcomes the Apollo 13 crewmembers aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. The crewmembers (from the left) astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr. (waving), lunar module pilot; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and James A. Lovell Jr., commander; were transported by helicopter to the ship following a smooth splashdown only about four miles from the USS Iwo Jima. Splashdown occurred at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, to conclude safely a perilous space flight / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596315: Apollo 11: E. Aldrin during the return trip - Apollo 11: Edwin Aldrin Jr. in Apollo spacecraft - Edwin Aldrin makes a weightlessness sandwich in the Apollo spacecraft on the return voyage to Earth. Television broadcast, 22 July 1969. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, performs for his Earth - bound television audience, in this color reproduction taken from a TV transmission, from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans - Earth journey home from the moon. Aldrin illustrates how to make a sandwich under zero - gravity conditions. When this picture was made, Apollo 11 was approximately 137,000 nautical miles from Earth, traveling at a speed of about 4,300 feet per second. Also, aboard the spacecraft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Michael Collins, command module pilot. July 22, 1969 / Bridgeman Images