Apollo Lunar Excursion Module

Size

Length/Width
Height

39 mm
34 mm

1 9/16 in
1 3/8 in

Features

Fits onto separate Apollo capsule
(or would if the plating wasn't so thickly applied :)

Was sometimes supplied with a large radar dish (as on moon rocks (qv))

Variations

Colours

Original

Later copies

plated or orange

various colours

Apollo 11 LEM in space

"Eagle" - The Apollo 11 LEM on its way to the first Moon landing, 20 July 1969

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Note: at the time of the Apollo missions, this spacecraft was referred to as the Lunar Excursion Module, abbreviated as LEM. Later on this was shortened to Lunar Module or LM. For this site I'm maintaining the original name.