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NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Interior view of the LM Eagle showing displays and controls

Apollo 11, October 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-68-54214” in red in top margin

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NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The LM Eagle getting readied for the first Moon landing in human history

Apollo 11, January 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-69-19644” in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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303 a
Lunar Module 5, scheduled to be flown on the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, would later be named Eagle by the astronauts. Grumman was the contractor to NASA for the Lunar Module.

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The photograph shows the ascent stage of the Lunar Module-5 (named Eagle by the crew of Apollo 11) in final assembly area on overhead hoist being moved to dolly for roll-out inspection. It was taken at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, NY, which was the manufacturer of the Lunar Module.