The 1969 Lunar lander

The Lunar Module was the first manned spacecraft specifically built to deliver men to the Moon

This two-stage spacecraft was built by the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation to ferry two astronauts and scientific equipment to the surface of the Moon. The 6.7-metre (22-foot) tall craft had an aluminium frame with titanium fittings and was covered with layers of aluminised Kapton and aluminised Mylar to provide thermal protection against micrometeoroids. The Apollo Command Module carried it into lunar orbit, and two of the three crew transferred to it and used the descent engine to land on the Moon. After deploying scientific experiments and collecting samples, the ascent stage blasted off using the descent stage as a launching pad. Back in lunar orbit, it docked with the Command Module, and once the astronauts were back on board the ascent stage was jettisoned. Before the Lunar Module (LM) could…

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