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Apollo 9 Lunar Module

Photograph of the Apollo 9 lunar module Spider in lunar landing configuration was photographed form the command/service module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission
Credit: NASA

The Apollo lunar modules didn’t need to be very aerodynamic because the Moon didn’t have an atmosphere or the same gravitational pull as the Earth. This view of the Apollo 9 lunar module Spider in lunar landing configuration was photographed form the command/service module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission.

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