This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Earth Moon The Apollo 11 Mission - First Human Landing The Moon - Apollo 11 Command Module Over The The Moon After Separation |
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This photograph of the Apollo 11 Command Module (CM) was taken from the Lunar Module (LM) after separation, just before the LM's historic ascent to the Moon. The lunar surface below is in the north central Sea of Fertility, centered at 51 degree east longitude, 1 degree north latitude. The surface is approximately 125 km below the two spacecraft. The CM is 3.9 meters in diameter. Armstrong and Aldrin are aboard the LM, Collins aboard the CM. (Apollo 11, AS11-37-5445)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27