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Tag: lunar surface
Early LEM
Collecting Lunar Samples
From Drew Granston‘s collection: a beautiful early rendering of Grumman’s LM by Craig Kavafes.
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LM Separation
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Ranger (Trippy)
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Ranger
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Ranger
Apollo Flight Configuration
The Saturn V configuration is shown in inches and meters as illustrated by the Boeing Company. The Saturn V vehicle consisted of three stages: the S-IC (first) stage powered by five F-1 engines, the S-II (second) stage powered by five J-2 engines, the S-IVB (third) stage powered by one J-2 engine. A top for the first three stages was designed to contain the instrument unit, the guidance system, the Apollo spacecraft, and the escape system. The Apollo spacecraft consisted of the lunar module, the service module, and the command module. The Saturn V was designed perform lunar and planetary missions and it was capable of placing 280,000 pounds into Earth orbit.
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Saturn V Apollo
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Convair Helios
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Bonestell Moonscape
Apollo 8 Coming Home
Oil on panel by Robert McCall. The Apollo 8 spacecraft fires it’s engines to propel it out of lunar orbit and the return trip to Earth.
This is NASA, EP 22, 1971
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