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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.
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.