Since the lunar module would fly only in space (earth orbit and lunar vicinity), the designers could ignore the aerodynamic streamlining demanded by earth’s atmosphere and build the first true manned spacecraft, designed solely for operating in the spatial vacuum.
Space Rocket History #116 – Apollo: Little Joe II
Space Rocket History #115 – Saturn I: SA-4, SA-5, SA-6, and SA-7
Space Rocket History #114 – Apollo: Command Module Design and Development 1963-1964 Part 2
Space Rocket History #113 – Apollo: Command Module Design and Development 1963-1964
Space Rocket History #112 – Apollo: Headquarters
Space Rocket History #111 – Apollo: Early Lunar Module Design and Saturn SA-3”
Space Rocket History #110 – Early Apollo Command Module Design
Space Rocket History #109 – Apollo: The PSAC Strikes Back and Saturn SA-2
Space Rocket History #108 – Apollo: The Mode Decision – Part 3
Space Rocket History #107 – Apollo: The Mode Decision – Part 2
Space Rocket History #106 – Apollo: The Mode Decision – Part 1
Space Rocket History #105 – Saturn’s First Flight – SA-1 – Part 2
Space Rocket History #104 – Saturn’s First Flight – SA-1 – Part 1
Space Rocket History #101 – Apollo: Preliminary Design Part 2 – Mode, Command Module, and Astronavigation
Space Rocket History #102 – Apollo: Preliminary Design Part 3 – Command Module Contract, Mode, and Launch Vehicles
Space Rocket History #103 – Saturn Development 1957 – 1960
Space Rocket History #100 – Apollo: Preliminary Design
Space Rocket History #99 – Apollo: The Opposition
Space Rocket History #98 – Apollo Beginnings
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