Space Rocket History #216 – Apollo 11 – Transposition, Docking

Space Rocket History #216 – Apollo 11 – Transposition, Docking & Extraction

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Collins’ first task was to separate the command and service modules from the Saturn and proceed away from it a safe distance; then turn around and face it. Homepage with Pictures.

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Space Rocket History #258 – Apollo 13 – Introduction – Part 1

Targeted for touchdown on the third lunar landing was a place known as the Fra Mauro range, a stretch of rugged, Appalachian-type mounds 110 miles east of the Apollo 12 landing site. Homepage with pictures.

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