Building the LEM’s Legs
If you built a car in, say, Germany, for use in Canada, you could assume that the roads will be more or less the same. Gravity will work the same. …read more Continue reading Building the LEM’s Legs
Tag Archives: Apollo
Spy Tech: The NRO and Apollo 11
When you think of “secret” agencies, you probably think of the CIA, the NSA, the KGB, or MI-5. But the real secret agencies are the ones you hardly ever hear …read more Continue reading Spy Tech: The NRO and Apollo 11
Retrotechtacular: Exploring the Moon on Surveyor 1
Aside from a few stand-out programs — looking at you, Star Trek — by the late 1960s, TV had already become the “vast wasteland” predicted almost a decade earlier by …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Exploring the Moon on Surveyor 1
The Advanced Project Gemini Concepts That Could Have Been
Looking back on the trajectory leading to Project Apollo and the resulting Moon missions, one can be forgiven for thinking that this was a strict and well-defined plan that was …read more Continue reading The Advanced Project Gemini Concepts That Could Have Been
Ask Hackaday: Where Are All the Fuel Cells?
Given all the incredible technology developed or improved during the Apollo program, it’s impossible to pick out just one piece of hardware that made humanity’s first crewed landing on another …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Where Are All the Fuel Cells?
Hackaday Links: August 10, 2025
We lost a true legend this week with the passing of NASA astronaut Jim Lovell at the ripe old age of 97. Lovell commanded the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission back …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 10, 2025
The Apollo–Soyuz Legacy Lives On, Fifty Years Later
On this date in 1975, a Soviet and an American shook hands. Even for the time period, this wouldn’t have been a big deal if it wasn’t for the fact …read more Continue reading The Apollo–Soyuz Legacy Lives On, Fifty Years Later
History of Forgotten Moon Bases
If you were alive when 2001: A Space Odyssey was in theaters, you might have thought it didn’t really go far enough. After all, in 1958, the US launched its first satellite. …read more Continue reading History of Forgotten Moon Bases
Repairing a Real (and Broken) Apollo-era DSKY
The Display/Keyboard unit – DSKY for short – is the primary way that Apollo-era astronauts communicated with the onboard computers. Not all DSKYs ended up in space, however, with the …read more Continue reading Repairing a Real (and Broken) Apollo-era DSKY
Apollo-era PCB Reverse Engineering to KiCad
Earlier this year [Skyhawkson] got ahold of a Apollo-era printed circuit board which he believes was used in a NASA test stand. He took high quality photos of both sides …read more Continue reading Apollo-era PCB Reverse Engineering to KiCad