Click to open image viewer. The optical device which the astronauts used for navigation while in the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was an alignment optical telescope (AOT). The AOT was a periscope-type ...
A historic lunar module simulator in the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale played a role Wednesday in the next phase of space exploration that eventually could take humankind to Mars and beyond.
Unlike a gentle splashdown in the Earth's oceans or even a touchdown on Mars, landing on the Moon comes with a set of challenges unlike any.