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a_v_bw_o_n (M-MS-G 75-7-62 JUL 23, 62)

"Midcourse maneuvers are performed to place the spacecraft into position for a proper entry into a precise, circular orbit, about 100-nautical miles (60 miles) above the lunar surface. At the proper time, the service module is ignited slowing the spacecraft so that it goes into the precise orbit."

 

Hand-highlighted areas are due to this photo having been used for news/press release purposes, and I'm assuming the printing technology of the time required it to enhance definition & delineation within the photo.

 

Gotta love the hi-rise, panoramic-windowed, highly impractical, surely hazardous, minion-appearance LEM configuration.

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Uploaded on February 16, 2019