The lunar module, which brought astronauts Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon, was built in the legendary Grumman… The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon.

Six lunar modules from the Apollo Program still sit on the surface of the moon, each with a name plate: “Made in Bethpage.” NASA contracted the Long Island-based Grumman Aircraft Engineering ...

An Apollo engineer's 40 years of memories Cie Stroud/For The TimesBenedict Gaylo, deputy manager of engineering for the Grumman Apollo Lunar Module from 1962-70, looks a model of the rocket in his ...

Our fourth and final installment in our series is about Grumman, the company which built the Lunar Module (LEM) which made the historic manned landing on the Moon's surface on July 20, 1969.

Tom Kelly, “Father of the Lunar Module, ” at Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island, circa 1965. A full scale mockup of the LM in 1963. No astronaut was able to climb the knotted rope ladder. A full scale ...

Gavin was named vice president of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. in 1962 and put in charge of the lunar module or LM or for which Tom Kelly served as chief design engineer.

Between 1969 and 1972, six Grumman lunar modules carried 12 astronauts to and from the surface of the moon, including the famed Eagle which first carried Commander Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot ...

This lunar module represents one of humanity’s greatest achievements: landing people on another heavenly body. Brief Description Between 1969 and 1972, six lunar modules identical to this one landed a ...