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Apollo command, service, lunar, test, and mission-specific spacecraft hardware.
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Saturn VSuper heavy-lift launch vehicleRetiredSaturn V was NASA's Apollo Moon rocket.
Apollo command and service moduleCrewed lunar and Earth-orbit spacecraftRetiredThe Apollo command and service module was the crew spacecraft used for Apollo Earth-orbit, lunar-orbit, lunar-landing support, Skylab ferry, and Apollo-Soyuz missions.
Apollo Lunar ModuleCrewed lunar landerRetiredThe Apollo Lunar Module was the two-stage spacecraft that carried astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon's surface and back to the command module.
Skylab space stationCrewed orbital workshop and solar observatoryReenteredSkylab was America’s first space station, built around converted Saturn S-IVB-212.
Saturn IBLaunch vehicleRetiredSaturn IB was NASA's uprated Saturn I launch vehicle used for Apollo command and service module tests, Apollo 7, Skylab crew ferry missions, and Apollo-Soyuz.
Space Shuttle Mobile Launcher PlatformTransportable launch-support platformRetiredThe Shuttle Mobile Launcher Platforms were enormous steel launch bases inherited from Apollo and rebuilt to carry a complete Shuttle stack between the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39.
Apollo launch escape systemCommand-module launch escape systemRetiredApollo's launch escape system was a tower-mounted, three-motor safety assembly sized to pull the command module clear of a failing Saturn during the pad and early-ascent envelope.
Apollo Telescope MountSolar observatory and station attitude-control assemblyReenteredThe Apollo Telescope Mount was Skylab's externally mounted solar observatory, electrical-power source, and precision pointing assembly.
AS-203 S-IVB test stageSaturn IVB orbital test stageFlown hardwareAS-203 placed an instrumented Saturn IB S-IVB stage into orbit as a cryogenic-fluid laboratory rather than carrying an Apollo spacecraft.