The Apollo program is a constant reminder that ... [Bill Hammack] elaborates on one such piece of engineering: The Alignment Optical Telescope. The telescope was used to find the position of ...

Many of the scientific instruments planned for AOSO eventually were developed for the Skylab Apollo Telescope Mount, which flew in 1973. The AOSO program was canceled in 1965, and this object was ...

The telescopes are mounted in the covered observing deck. The telescope on the west side of the deck is named Apollo and Artemis is mounted on the east pier. The CDK20s have dual carbon-fiber truss ...