NASA. Apollo 11 mission. A perfect view of the "EAGLE" modul - Lot 77

NASA. Apollo 11 mission. A perfect view of the "EAGLE" module taken by astronaut Michael Collins, who remained alone on board the "COLUMBIA" Command and Service Module (CSM). The LEM has two stages: a descent stage, whose main role is to land the lunar module vertically using a variable thrust engine, and an ascent stage, equipped with its own engine and housing the pressurized cabin where the astronauts stay. In spite of the complexity of its mission and a very severe mass constraint (15 tonnes maximum), the LEM has succeeded on six occasions in bringing two men to a particularly hostile and, at the time, little-known lunar environment without serious failure. The design and construction of the lunar module was carried out under the supervision of the Grumman aerospace company between 1962 and 1969. Fifteen lunar modules were built, of which ten flew and six landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972. July 1969. Posterior chromogenic print on paper: "KODAK". 20.3 x 25.4CM with margins.