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File:Apollo 11 lunar module.jpg

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English: The Apollo 11 lunar module, the Moon, and the Earth.

A view of the Apollo 11 lunar module "Eagle" as it returned from the surface of the moon to dock with the command module "Columbia". A smooth mare area is visible on the Moon below and a half-illuminated Earth hangs over the horizon. The lunar module ascent stage was about 4 meters across. Command module pilot Michael Collins took this picture just before docking at 21:34:00 UT (5:34 p.m. EDT) 21 July 1969. (Apollo 11, AS11-44-6642)

  • Source: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a11_h_44_6642.html ( hi-res)
Español: El módulo lunar del Apolo 11, la Luna y la Tierra.

Vista del módulo lunar "Águila" (Eagle) regrsando desde la superficie de la Luna hacia el módulo de mando "Columbia".

  • Fuente: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a11_h_44_6642.html ( hi-res)
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