View up the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) that would have housed the lunar module (LM/LEM). During the coast to the moon, the cylindrical command/service module (with the RCS thrusters along orthogonal axes) in front of it would turn around and extract the LM from the SLA.

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View up the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) that would have housed the lunar module (LM/LEM). During the coast to the moon, the cylindrical command/service module (with the RCS thrusters along orthogonal axes) in front of it would turn around and extract the LM from the SLA.

View up the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) that would have housed the lunar module (LM/LEM). During the coast to the moon, the cylindrical command/service module (with the RCS thrusters along orthogonal axes) in front of it would turn around and extract the LM from the SLA.