Apollo LM | Apollo 17
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Dec. 14, 1972, 10:54 p.m. - Dec. 14, 1972, 10:54 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Dec. 14, 1972, 10:54 p.m. - Dec. 14, 1972, 10:54 p.m.
Return flight of Apollo 17 from the Moon.
The Apollo lunar module (LM) ascent stage contained the crew cabin with instrument panels and flight controls. It contained its own Ascent Propulsion System (APS) engine and two hypergolic propellant tanks for return to lunar orbit and rendezvous with the Apollo command and service module.
Flown on Apollo 17. Descent stage on lunar surface at Taurus-Littrow, ascent stage deliberately crashed into Moon
Apollo Lunar Module Details
Date of
Birth: March 14, 1934
Date of Death:
Jan. 16, 2017
Date of
Birth: July 3, 1935
Age: 89
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