Image: LM illustration 02

Description: Lunar Module Illustration This concept is a cutaway illustration of the Lunar Module (LM) with detailed callouts. 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 Command Module.)
Title: LM illustration 02
Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection (http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=1kjmi7lyj437t?id=MSFC-0101206&orgid=11) Reference Number: MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C MSFC Negative Number: 0101206
Author: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC)
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License: Public domain
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