LEM goes prime time.

[jmcquate]

It appears that the last flight rated LEM is getting the prime spot in the NASM's "milestones of Flight" gallery

 

[Gatordev]

I didn't realize it was equipped with an anti-gravity device.

 

[jmcquate]

Ya I know. Don't know why they posted upside down.

 

[Flash]

Ya I know. Don't know why they posted upside down.

Easier to transport it that way I think, the top end is where it is strengthened for attachments on the fuselage body (where it mated with the command module) while the bottom relies on the lender legs.

 

[AllYourBass]

I didn't realize it was equipped with an anti-gravity device.

 

[jmcquate]

Easier to transport it that way I think, the top end is where it is strengthened for attachments on the fuselage body (where it mated with the command module) while the bottom relies on the lender legs.

No Flash, the LEM is rightside-up, my pics posted to the site upside-down. They're trying to configure it exactly like the Eagle. It's the same block as the Eagle, but like most things from the Apollo program, the details get fuzzy over time. The NASM LEM was scheduled for on orbit testing but was swapped out and used for durability testing for lunar impact............basically they dropped it from a few times from a couple of feet. I've always thought that the LEM was an amazing craft. Designed by Grumman to fly in low gravity with no atmosphere. Pure utilitarian design.

 

[Flash]

No Flash, the LEM is rightside-up, my pics posted to the site upside-down. They're trying to configure it exactly like the Eagle. It's the same block as the Eagle, but like most things from the Apollo program, the details get fuzzy over time. The NASM LEM was scheduled for on orbit testing but was swapped out and used for durability testing for lunar impact............basically they dropped it from a few times from a couple of feet. I've always thought that the LEM was an amazing craft. Designed by Grumman to fly in low gravity with no atmosphere. Pure utilitarian design.

After looking again you are correct, some of the attachments on top looked like attachments for the legs to me. Ass end or right way up she isn't the most attractive craft.....