Apollo Lunar Module by danapommet

Photography • Historical • posted on Jul 18, 2012

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Back inside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC is a full size replica of the Apollo Lunar Module. This was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft that carried a crew of two from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon. The copper portion, with the landing pads, was used as the launching pad, to carry the two man crew back into lunar orbit and it remained on the moon. What you see here had a height of 17.9 feet (5.5 meters), width of 14 feet (4.3 meters), a landing gear span of 29.75 feet (9.07 meters) and a total weight of 32,399 pounds (14,696 kilograms). Six such craft successfully landed on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. Apollo 11 (nicknamed EAGLE) was the spaceflight which landed the first humans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. A third member of the mission, Michael Collins, remained alone in lunar orbit, in the Command Module, until they returned from the surface about 15 hours later. All 3 returned to Earth safely after travelling in space for 8 days. Most info from Wikipedia. Zoom works. Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments. They are very much appreciated. Dana

Comments (32)

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Richardphotos

9:02PM | Wed, 18 July 2012

outstanding capture.we have a space capsule in a local museum

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Faemike55

9:03PM | Wed, 18 July 2012

cool does not beging to describe this Grea capture Dana

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mickeyrony

9:08PM | Wed, 18 July 2012

Realy interessant pic again my friend . I remember this time the first man on the moon ....((5++))

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MagikUnicorn

9:11PM | Wed, 18 July 2012

GOOD MEMORY SIT IN FRONT OF THE TV WITH FAMILY WATCHING APOLLO DID YOU KNOW THE 4 LEGS (Golden) was made right here in Montreal (Pratt & Whitney)

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eekdog

9:20PM | Wed, 18 July 2012

use to live in bermuda when i was 8, got to see many things like this mostly older stuff was about 1962-1963. great shot.

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Isabelle711

9:26PM | Wed, 18 July 2012

Very interesting info. my friend. :))))) I was 2 years old when the first man walked on the moon. :)))))) Most excellent and interesting capture my friend. :))) Thank you for sharing. :))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))

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netot

10:31PM | Wed, 18 July 2012

Talking about the "Eagle", here is it. The replica that came to my country was exactly like this. Super! Few have noticed that old Neil also made a big step for photography that day, by becoming the first photographer on the moon.

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blinkings

1:06AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Awesome. Yeah the original lunar module 'Eagle' was jettisoned from the Command Module on 21 July 1969. Impact site UNKNOWN!

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Katraz

1:25AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Great POV,I missed the moon landing I had been working late and fell asleep.

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Jean_C

1:30AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Superb shot and very interesting infos, thanks, Dana!

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jayfar

2:09AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

A great shot and a wonderful piece of history Dana and 43 years ago tomorrow.

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Leije

2:55AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Excellent photo and interesting infos, Dana, thanks for sharing with us!

alanwilliams

3:15AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

superb in scale and composition

whaleman

3:20AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

An excellent and most interesting shot Dana, one that takes my mind back to those days of high risk, courage and committment! Thanks for the information too! I am listening to Maurice Andre playing Hayden on the horn and it seems so fitting.

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dakotabluemoon

6:20AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Wow that is huge great catch on this hon.

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MrsRatbag

9:12AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Excellent capture!

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moochagoo

10:47AM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Good POV. Really fascinating.

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jendellas

12:13PM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Fabulous capture, looks like there is more info they can look at too!!!

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bobrgallegos

12:27PM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Wonderful POV of this amazing vehicle Dana!! Great capture and info!!

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sandra46

12:29PM | Thu, 19 July 2012

GREAT SHOT

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kbrog

1:54PM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Excellent capture and info! :)

KnightWolverine

2:29PM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Absolutely Cool Dana!...Enjoyed the read and awesome capture!

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jocko500

9:15PM | Thu, 19 July 2012

cool to see history live. thanks for showing this to us

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goodoleboy

9:22PM | Thu, 19 July 2012

Houston, the Eagle has landed......that's one small step for man, one giant step for mankind. I see you posted this just in time for the commemoration tomorrow of the 43rd anniversary of the first landing on our biggest satellite. My God, has it been 43 years? And we've done absolutely nothing since then when it comes to manned interplanetary travel. Let the robot rovers do the job.....and even Obama has killed that end of it. I hope Curiosity has no problems on its upcoming landing on Mars. Anyway, cool POV and detail in this pic of the Lunar Module, Dana.

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