A spacecraft that pursued the extreme of being 'light, simple, and capable of returning even if a failure occurs'The Apollo ...

Click to open image viewer. This is the Lunar Module Ascent Engine, one of the most important in the manned Apollo missions. It was used to lift up the ascent stage of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) ...

A concise look at the Apollo mission profile: Saturn V launch to Earth orbit; journey to the Moon; lunar landing; ascent; rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit; and the three-day return to Earth ...