Apollo at 50: Tech | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/apollo-50-tech/RSS feed for Apollo at 50: TechenWed, 08 Apr 2020 11:55:22 +0000How the Crew of the Damaged Apollo 13 Came Homehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fifty-years-ago-apollo-13-crew-came-home-180974607/Using the lunar module as a lifeboat and employing techniques never before considered, the astronauts' ordeal ended triumphantlyWed, 08 Apr 2020 11:55:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fifty-years-ago-apollo-13-crew-came-home-180974607/Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit Was Made by a Bra Manufacturerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/neil-armstrongs-spacesuit-was-made-by-a-bra-manufacturer-3652414/This wearable spacecraft let humans take one giant leap away from EarthFri, 01 Nov 2013 03:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/neil-armstrongs-spacesuit-was-made-by-a-bra-manufacturer-3652414/In a Single Grain of Moon Dust, 'Millions of Years' of Lunar Historyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/single-grain-moon-dust-millions-years-lunar-history-180974168/Researchers can now analyze precious samples of lunar rock atom by atomMon, 10 Feb 2020 21:04:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/single-grain-moon-dust-millions-years-lunar-history-180974168/Watch the Apollo 11 Anniversary Show That Was Projected Onto the Washington Monumenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/life-sized-apollo-11-rocket-will-be-projected-washington-monument-commemorate-50th-anniversary-moon-landing-180972590/The immersive experience combined full-motion projection-mapping artwork and archival footageWed, 10 Jul 2019 15:51:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/life-sized-apollo-11-rocket-will-be-projected-washington-monument-commemorate-50th-anniversary-moon-landing-180972590/Neil Armstrong’s Restored Spacesuit Put Back on Display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neil-armstrongs-restored-spacesuit-put-back-display-smithsonians-national-air-and-space-museum-180972654/The spacesuit, which Armstrong wore when he walked on the moon during Apollo 11, is available for public viewing and as a 3-D model onlineTue, 16 Jul 2019 14:13:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neil-armstrongs-restored-spacesuit-put-back-display-smithsonians-national-air-and-space-museum-180972654/Apollo Engineers Discuss What It Took to Land on the Moonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/apollo-engineers-discuss-what-it-took-land-moon-180972580/The people who bent metal and built spaceships recall the culture and leadership that made it possible to send humans to the lunar surfaceFri, 12 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/apollo-engineers-discuss-what-it-took-land-moon-180972580/A Wind Storm in Australia Nearly Interrupted the Moon Landing Broadcasthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/wind-storm-australia-almost-interrupted-apollo-11-moon-landing-broadcast-180972581/As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, radio telescope operators in New South Wales scrambled to receive the live videoTue, 09 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/wind-storm-australia-almost-interrupted-apollo-11-moon-landing-broadcast-180972581/How Neil, Buzz and Mike Got Their Workouts in on Their Way to the Moon and Backhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-neil-buzz-and-mike-got-their-workouts-their-way-moon-and-back-180972195/To counter the effects of weightlessness, NASA equipped Apollo 11 with an Exer-Genie for isometric exercisesMon, 24 Jun 2019 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-neil-buzz-and-mike-got-their-workouts-their-way-moon-and-back-180972195/The Paraglider That NASA Could Have Used, but Didn't, to Bring Astronauts Back to Earthhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/paraglider-nasa-almost-could-have-used-didnt-bring-astronauts-back-earth-180972106/Francis Rogallo's invention would have brought returning space vehicles in for a runway landing, instead of an ocean splashdownTue, 07 May 2019 14:36:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/paraglider-nasa-almost-could-have-used-didnt-bring-astronauts-back-earth-180972106/Earth’s Oldest Known Rock May Have Been Found on the Moonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-oldest-known-rock-may-have-been-found-moon-180971359/Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut in space, collected the rock sample during Apollo 14Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:39:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-oldest-known-rock-may-have-been-found-moon-180971359/