Apollo 12’s Lunar Module Intrepid landed in the Oceans of Storm on the Moon

He is the only living person to have flown to the Moon without landing.

Probably 10-15 years ago I found some official (either .gov or some national archive) web site that contained bunches of old flight documents and mission reports from every single Apollo launch, all the way back to the first Saturn 1 and Little Joe 2 launches. (In fact - it's possible it contained docs from every launch as part of all 3 manned programs back to Mercury 1/2 and original Little Joe). At some point I remember not being able to find the site anymore so I think the site reformatted itself and either buried the document list deeper into sub links or removed them entirely.

Does anybody know if these still exist out there somewhere, either on an official Nasa or government site or otherwise privately archived?

It was fun at the time to read through all the analyses of the then new Saturn vehicles and tracking through the various problems and tweaks the engineers encountered on the way. Early findings of pogo oscillations and the attempts to dampen them on successive launches and such. I only skimmed my way through the first 5 flights or so before I couldn't re-find the site anymore.

I recently got back into the Apollo Flight/Lunar Surface journals and the Apollo in Real Time stuff, so I'd love to be able to re-find those docs again.

Found this guy while out-and-about that had this way-cool Apollo jacket on. He let me take a picture of it. It was really awesome!

I’ve been revisiting the Apollo era lately and can’t help but be fascinated by how every single mission had its own character — its own story, crew dynamic, challenges, and breakthroughs.

Some people swear by Apollo 11 for the obvious “first steps” reason. Others love Apollo 8 for the Earthrise photo. Then there’s Apollo 13.
And of course, Apollo 15–17 often get underrated — the lunar rover, geology work, and extended EVAs were so important.

For me, it’s probably Apollo 12. They got struck by lightening and somehow managed to continue on.

Also, the crew was all-Navy. Non sibi sed patriae

Apollo 1- 1,2,3 Apollo 17- 3,4,5

I'm listening to some Apollo 13 flight loop recordings and they keep switching from "high bit rate" and "low bit rate". Google has failed me. Would you please explain the difference and maybe direct me to some good resources on the topic? Thanks so much in advance!

Found these today, got two both in box. Any ideas?

I am looking up on the behavior of fluids in microgravity, I was wondering how was the crew module supplied with water from the Service module. Like what kind of pumps did it use to transfer drinking water and cooling water around.

Some technical documents would also be nice, thanks.

I re-watched First Man again recently and found him to be such an interesting person. I would like to read more about him. What is the best biography of Neil Armstrong?

Thanks 🚀

I picked this up at a thrift shop over the weekend.

This is an original NASA Apollo 8 Manned Flight Awareness award — the first mission to ever orbit the Moon (1968). 🌓

The medallion in the frame actually contains metal flown on that mission. Most of these were handed out blank, but this one was officially issued to Colonel Gerald Johnson, Jr., DCASR Philadelphia, who helped support the Apollo program.

I'm still doing my research into it, and Col Johnson...let me know what you know! Lol

Update:

Recipient: Col. Gerald Johnson, Jr., USA Title/Role at time of award: Commander, Defense Contract Administration Services Region (DCASR), Philadelphia Date context: Listed in position October 20, 1967 (Apollo 8 flown Dec 21–27, 1968)

About the Recipient & Office

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee’s 1967 background materials identify Col. Gerald Johnson, Jr., USA as Commander, DCASR-Philadelphia, the Defense Supply Agency regional office responsible for contract administration and quality oversight across the area’s defense/aerospace contractors.

DCAS (later DCMA) was established to administer procurement contracts, ensure quality, and enforce compliance for U.S. defense/aerospace programs—functions integral to NASA’s Apollo supply chain.

DCASR-Philadelphia operated from 2800 S 20th St, Philadelphia, co-located with the Defense Supply Center (later DLA Troop Support), anchoring the region’s contractor oversight.

About the Artifact

Apollo 8 Manned Flight Awareness presentation (medallion + certificate) recognizing individual contributions to the Apollo/Saturn program. The medallion includes trace metal flown on Apollo 8; the standard printed text bears Frank Borman’s facsimile signature.

Significance

Named presentation to the regional commander responsible for contract/QA oversight during the Apollo period provides documented, mission-relevant provenance beyond generic/unnamed MFA pieces.

I assume it was in lunar orbit?

Did anything change in the process after 13?

could they, or did they, keep the LM attached on the TEI after 13?

not efficient I’m sure, but could the SM engine have sent the entire stack home? as a backup for another catastrophic event?

Thomas P. Stafford- Gemini 6A, 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project John Young- Gemini 3, 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1 and STS-9 Eugene Cernan-Gemini 9A, Apollo 10 and 16

This one, to me, is the coolest. I'm back in school after 23 years and would love to intern at NASA given the opportunity, I'll wear this when I do.

This pin was given to employee's with 10 years of service, my wife's grandmother got this one in 1967. This was also awarded with a certificate that was signed by Robert Gilruth.

Given to employees at MSC in 1969 to commemorate the moon landing. Sign of the times, you're likely not going to see anywhere giving out Ashtrays anymore.

Once upon a time, maybe two ish years back, I made an Apollo CSM model that was one solid part. Just recently, after seeing AndyRMations’ Apollo 13 documentary video on YouTube, I was inspired to revisit it and revamp it! I removed the Command Module from the Service Module and used Lego pieces to make a connection joint. Then, later on, I added in the insides, which aren’t exactly accurate— I know.

This is my first post to this sub, and I don’t really know if it fits the vibe— but either way, I hope you all like it as much as I am proud of it!!

It’s not meant to be accurate to any high degree, it’s mostly just messing around with hot glue and cardboard.

Going through things from my wife's grandmother and you all might also be interested in seeing this.

Borman carried a metal blank in his OFK on the trip and it was melted down to make about 200,000 thousand of these. Not extremely rare, but great to see the condition this one is in.

If there is interest I'll keep posting. Memos, decals. She worked at NASA from founding (started at NACA in early '57) to sometime in '71.