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Apollo 11: the Lunar Module approches CSM for docking

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-apo11-30370

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 19 cm

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service  Modules (CSM) during rendezvous in lunar orbit. The Lunar Module (LM) was  making its docking approach to the CSM. Astronaut Michael Collins remained  with the CSM in lunar orbit while the other two crewmen explored  the lunar  surface. The large, dark-colored area in the background is Smyth's Sea,  centered at 85 degrees east longitude and 2 degrees south latitude on the  lunar surface (nearside). This view looks west. The Earth rises above the  lunar horizon.

Keywords for this photo:

1969 - APOLLO - APOLLO 11 - COMMAND MODULE - CSM - DOCKING - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - LIMB - LM - LUNAR MODULE - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MARE SMYTHII - MODULE - MOON - RENDEZVOUS - SMYTH'S SEA - SPACE - SPACESHIP - WINDOW -