Learning Resources

So how do you put on a spacesuit? Very carefully! Even in the case of custom–made suits from the Apollo era.

These three components of Armstrong’s A7–L spacesuit are a small portion of what hundreds of millions of people saw on the television broadcast of his first steps on the lunar surface.

When most people think of emergency fixes in space, the first incident that comes to mind is the famous Apollo 13 mission.

The American Space Program was experimenting with fitness in Space when a variable resistance rope friction device which was originally designed to lower people from a burning building.

In March 1962, Administrator of NASA James Webb suggested that artists be enlisted to document the historic effort to send the first human beings to the Moon.

The Human Spaceflight collection spans decades of achievements from the first U.S. manned Mercury missions through Apollo, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station.

Twenty five blogs that celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo program

During Apollo 15 astronauts James Irwin and Dave Scott found a rock on the Moon that became known as the Genesis Rock.

Eyewitness to Space: Art and the Apollo Program Art and science sound like a strange mix.

Failure is not an option. is a famous quote from the movie Apollo 13. Learn what Gene Kranz thinks about failure.

Apollo 11 Astronaut reflects on his career path from pilot to astronaut, to director of the National Air and Space Museum, and how important the museum is to the legacy of Apollo.

Failure is an ingredient in Life. Gene Kranz looks back at the Apollo program, discussing the biggest failures and how they learned from them.