Part of a Lunar Module
Posted in Astronomy at 20:00 on 27 December 2019
From Astronomy Picture of the Day for 19/12/19.
Apollo 17’s lunar module Challenger’s ascent stage.
Despite all the irregular angles these spacecraft had a kind of beauty.
Apollo 17’s mission commander Gene Cernan can be seen through the triangular window. This was the last mission to land men on the Moon.
47 years ago.
