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Image: Lunar Lander Model

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Description: This 1963 model depicts an early Apollo lunar lander concept, called a "bug." Engineers designed several possible vehicle shapes for both manned and unmanned landers. In 1961, Bruce Lundin, former director of NASA's Lewis Research Centre (now Glenn), chaired a NASA study group that assessed a variety of ways to accomplish a lunar landing mission.
Title: Lunar Lander Model
Credit: NASA Image of the Day
Author: NASA
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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