This album will describe the building of the LEM Eagle of Apollo 11. This is Dragon 11008 issued in 2011. After the X-15 and the incredible pilots who flew that machine going to the edge of space for the first time some of them as Neil Armstrong were selected to fly to the Moon, no less ! So my small scale modeling trip had to follow these men and to jump from the X-15 to the LEM as this is the logical path. The Dragon kit is not the best base once could dream of, but as I always say 1000 times better starting from it than from scratch, so even if there is a lot to say once you closely look at the pictures from the LEM, thanks Dragon for their effort in delivering this kit.
Want all the details of the construction, click on the following link where a facebook album is proposed:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.660162580724137.1073741832.145512705522463&type=3
More on Apollo 11: http://en.wikipedia.org/
Mission Summary:
Mission Name: Apollo 11
Call Sign: Command module: Columbia
Lunar module: Eagle
Crew: 3
Launch: July 16, 1969, 13:32 UTC, Kennedy Space Center, LC 39A
Lunar Landing: July 20, 1969, 20:17:40 UTC, 1.1 N, 23.8 E, Mare Tranquillitatis, (Sea of Tranquility)
Lunar EVA length: 2.5 hours
Lunar Surface Time: 21.6 hours
Landing: July 24, 1969, 16:50:35 UTC, 13 deg 19 min N,, 169 deg 9 min W
Duration: 8 days, 3 hours 16.58 minutes
And remember, even old these are real men, better say extraordinary men, they wont let people tarnish their accomplishment : http://www.youtube.com/
