LK (spacecraft)
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The LK is a lunar module developed in the 1960s as a part of several Soviet crewed lunar programs. Its role was analogous to the American Apollo Lunar Module. Three LK modules, of the T2K variant, wer
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LK-3 engineering test unit, Science Museum, 2016
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The Apollo Lunar Module, originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module, was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo pr
LK (spacecraft)
…lander designed for human spaceflight) developed in the 1960s as a part of several Soviet crewed lunar programs. Its role was analogous to the American Apollo Lunar Module (LM). Three LK modules, of the T2K variant, were flown without crew in Earth orbit, but no LK ever reached the Moon. The development of the N1 launch…
Apollo 14 Lunar Module Antares on the Moon's surface, February 1971
Lunar Module Eagle, the Lunar Module ascent stage of Apollo 11, in orbit above the Moon. Earth is visible in the distance. Photograph by Michael Collins aboard the Command module Columbia.
A 1962 model of the first LEM design, docked to the command and service module. The model is held by Joseph Shea, the key engineer behind the adoption of lunar orbit rendezvous mission logistics.
This 1963 model depicts the second LEM design, which gave rise to informal references as "the bug".