Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Named Lunar Modules - 9 Boards

Series Title: Named Lunar Modules

Background: The Apollo Lunar Module was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft built for the US Apollo program to achieve the transit from moon orbit to the surface and back. The module was also known as the LM from the manufacturer designation (yet pronounced "LEM" from NASA's early name for it, Lunar Excursion Module).

The 6.65 m³ module was designed to carry a crew of two. The total module was 6.4 m high and 4.3 m across, resting on four legs. It consisted of two stages — the descent stage module and the ascent stage. The total mass of the module was 15,264 kg with the majority of that (10,334 kg) in the descent stage.

9 Boards:

LM-3 Spider Apollo 9 March 3, 1969
LM-4 Snoopy Apollo 10 May 18, 1969
LM-5 Eagle Apollo 11 July 16, 1969
LM-6 Intrepid Apollo 12 November 14, 1969
LM-7 Aquarius Apollo 13 April 11, 1970
LM-8 Antares Apollo 14 January 31, 1971
LM-10 Falcon Apollo 15 July 26, 1971
LM-11 Orion Apollo 16 April 16, 1972
LM-12 Challenger Apollo 17 December 7, 1972

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