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Simulations Simulations were so important both the safety and success of the Apollo program.

Simulations

Simulations were so important both the safety and success of the Apollo program. ...More

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Prototypes Prototypes allowed engineers to test out their systems and hardware before building

Prototypes

Prototypes allowed engineers to test out their systems and hardware before building ...More

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Apollo 1 Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in Mission Simulator

Apollo 1 Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in Mission Simulator

Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in mission simulator and on complex 34 at ...More

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IMU Explained An engineer explains the inner workings of the Inertial Measurement Unit.

IMU Explained

An engineer explains the inner workings of the Inertial Measurement Unit. ...More

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Apollo 1 Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in Mission Simulator

Apollo 1 Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in Mission Simulator

Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in mission simulator on complex 34 at Kennedy ...More

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Father of Inertial Guidance Doc Draper meets with the president of MIT.

Father of Inertial Guidance

Doc Draper meets with the president of MIT. ...More

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Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in Mission Simulator at Kennedy Space Center

Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in Mission Simulator at Kennedy Space Center

Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee, White in mission simulator on complex 34 at Kennedy ...More

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Draper's Vision Charles Stark Draper's vision allowed for the rapid advancement in space

Draper's Vision

Charles Stark Draper's vision allowed for the rapid advancement in space ...More

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Completely Digital System The Apollo program changed the game with a completely digital system that did

Completely Digital System

The Apollo program changed the game with a completely digital system that did ...More

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Star Trackers

Star Trackers

Cross polarizing star trackers. Image courtesy: Draper ...More

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Astronauts in the Simulator There's no margin of error in space.

Astronauts in the Simulator

There's no margin of error in space. ...More

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Electromagnetic Coils Marie Layman, an MIT Lab engineer, winds electromagnetic coils for the Apollo

Electromagnetic Coils

Marie Layman, an MIT Lab engineer, winds electromagnetic coils for the Apollo ...More

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Flammability of Polyolefin Wire Insulation Engineers test the flammability of polyolefin wire insulation at 5psi.

Flammability of Polyolefin Wire Insulation

Engineers test the flammability of polyolefin wire insulation at 5psi. ...More

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Integrated Circuits These engineers use microscopes and tweezers to build integrated circuits in

Integrated Circuits

These engineers use microscopes and tweezers to build integrated circuits in ...More

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The MIT Lab's New Home The MIT Lab moves to a larger building after the success of the Apollo program.

The MIT Lab's New Home

The MIT Lab moves to a larger building after the success of the Apollo program. ...More

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Dr. Wernher Von Braun Portrait

Dr. Wernher Von Braun Portrait

Portrait of Dr. Wernher Von Braun. Photo Courtesy: NASA ...More

Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart

Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart

Portrait of Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart. Image courtesy: NASA ...More

Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden in Command Module

Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden in Command Module

Al Worden (center), Dave Scott (background left), and Jim Irwin (background ...More

Apollo 15 Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin

Apollo 15 Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin

Apollo 15 Astronauts, David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin, Harvey Kidder ...More

Dr. George Mueller Follows the Progress of the Apollo 11 Mission

Dr. George Mueller Follows the Progress of the Apollo 11 Mission

Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, NASA, ...More

George Mueller and Samuel Phillips in Mission Operations Control Room During the Apollo 7 Moon Mission

George Mueller and Samuel Phillips in Mission Operations Control Room During the Apollo 7 Moon Mission

Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during the Apollo 7 mission ...More

Dr. Hugh Dryden Swearing in Dr. George E. Mueller

Dr. Hugh Dryden Swearing in Dr. George E. Mueller

Dr. George E. Mueller being sworn in, as Associate Administrator for the Office ...More

Flight Directors Lunney, Kraft, Hodge, and Kranz in Mission Control

Flight Directors Lunney, Kraft, Hodge, and Kranz in Mission Control

Flight Directors Glynn S. Lunney, Christopher C. Kraft, John D.Hodge, and Eugene ...More

James Webb

James Webb

Crop of James Webb. Image ocurtesy: NASA/Draper ...More

Group shot of the nucleus of 1960 Flight Operations Division

Group shot of the nucleus of 1960 Flight Operations Division

Group shot of the nucleus of the 1960 Flight Operations Division for the Mercury ...More

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