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Dick Gordon opened the tunnel to Intrepid, saw his companions floating in a dirty cloud of moon dust, and slammed the hatch closed. He called out, “You guys ain’t gonna mess up my nice clean spacecraft!”
LM Rendezvous Radar and CSM Target Orientation
LM docking with CM over the Moon
Intrepid descent stage
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Toward the end of January 1967, it was revealed that Lunar Module 1 would not reach the Cape in February, as expected. This meant, the moon landing might be delayed because the lander was not ready. But the mission planners could not wait for the Apollo engineers to iron out all the problems. They had to plan for a landing in 1969 and hope that the hardware would catch up with them.
Lunar Module Diagram
John Disher Explains Apollo Components
Lunar Module Test Article LTA-2R
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At various stages of lunar module design, mockup reviews were conducted to demonstrate progress and identify weaknesses. These inspections were formal occasions, with a board composed of NASA and contractor officials and presided over by a chairman from the Apollo office in Houston.
Rendezvous Radar Antenna
TM-1 Mockup of the LEM
Lunar Module in the Stack
Panel Separation by Explosive Charge
Removing the LEM
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The Lunar Lander originally had two docking hatches, one at the top center of the cabin and another in the forward position, or nose, of the vehicle, with a tunnel in each location to permit astronauts to crawl from one pressurized vehicle to the other…
A rope instead of a ladder?
Ladder works better than a rope.
Improved Lunar Module
