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The Apollo 11 Command/Service modules seen from LM

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo11-30000

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 34 cm

The Apollo 11 Command and Service Modules (CSM) (tiny dot near quarter sized crater, center), with astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, aboard. The view overlooking the western Sea of Tranquility was photographed from the Lunar Module (LM). Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, manned the LM and made their historic lunar landing on July 20, 1969. Coordinates of the center of the terrain in the photograph are 18.5 degrees longitude and .5 degrees north latitude.

Keywords for this photo:

1969 - APOLLO - APOLLO 11 - COMMAND MODULE - CRATER - CSM - LM - LUNAR SURFACE - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MODULE - MOON - SPACE - SPACESHIP -