Cockpit, Lunar Module, Apollo, Mockup
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
notes: label: Summary
content: This Apollo program simulator demonstrates the view from inside the Lunar Module (LM) during descent to the surface of the Moon. In each lunar landing mission, two astronauts stood inside a LM as they controled the gradual descent of the spacecraft. Sixteen rockets situated around the outer structure of the LM controlled the attitude of the craft. These rockets could be fired automatically by mechanical sensors or by the astronauts' inclinations. Landing on the Moon is unlike landing on Earth. The Moon's atmosphere is extremely thin, which restricted the possibility of a diagonal glide-type landing. Instead, the astronauts landed vertically. The retro-rocket of the descent engine assured a gradual touchdown.
label: Summary
content: Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum from Grumman Aerospace, the manufacturer, in 1975.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
title: label: Title
content: Cockpit, Lunar Module, Apollo, Mockup
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
label: Exhibition
content: Destination Moon
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated by Grumman Aerospace
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19760015000
objectType: label: Type
content: EQUIPMENT-Training Devices
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Plywood frame. Instruments made of metal, wires, plastic, or various materials.
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D (Artifact (A19760015000) on stand (A19760015000A)): 156.2 × 247.6 × 275cm (5 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 8 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 9 ft. 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D (Artifact (A19760015000) without stand (A1976001500A)): 247.6 × 156.2 × 243.8cm (8 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 5 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 8 ft.)