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    Lunar Module (LM) on Lunar Surface

    Lunar Module (LM) on Lunar Surface

    WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

    11.19.2009

    Courtesy Photo

    NASA

    The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin, landed on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. The LM was a two part spacecraft. Its lower or descent stage had the landing gear, engines, and fuel needed for the landing. When the LM blasted off the Moon, the descent stage served as the launching pad for its companion ascent stage, which was also home for the two astronauts on the surface of the Moon. The LM was full of gear with which to communicate, navigate, and rendezvous. It also had its own propulsion system, and an engine to lift it off the Moon and send it on a course toward the orbiting CM. This photograph shows a close up of the LM on the Lunar surface.

    NASA Identifier: MSFC-6901254

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 11.19.2009
    Date Posted: 10.19.2012 18:25
    Photo ID: 760623
    Resolution: 1378x1536
    Size: 362.8 KB
    Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US

    Web Views: 400
    Downloads: 54

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