How NASA Chose Their Ride to the Moon It’s probably one of the least known space race anniversaries, but this month marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s selection of lunar orbit rendezvous for the Apollo Program. This one decision shaped the way the whole program looked. We’re all used to seeing pictures from the Apollo Program with astronauts standing in front of spidery lunar modules; the small craft took two men to the surface while a third waited in orbit. It’s a mission mode called “lunar orbit rendezvous,” and it was never NASA’s first choice when it considered how to get men to the moon. keep reading Image: 22 April 1972: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) “Orion” in early lunar liftoff phase is featured in this lunar scene at the Descartes landing site. The still picture is a reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).

How NASA Chose Their Ride to the Moon

It’s probably one of the least known space race anniversaries, but this month marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s selection of lunar orbit rendezvous for the Apollo Program. This one decision shaped the way the whole program looked.

We’re all used to seeing pictures from the Apollo Program with astronauts standing in front of spidery lunar modules; the small craft took two men to the surface while a third waited in orbit. It’s a mission mode called “lunar orbit rendezvous,” and it was never NASA’s first choice when it considered how to get men to the moon.

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Image: 22 April 1972: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) “Orion” in early lunar liftoff phase is featured in this lunar scene at the Descartes landing site. The still picture is a reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by a TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).

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