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Kizzi Member Posts: 32 From: Manchester, England Registered: Apr 2012	posted 08-01-2016 03:35 PM Am I looking directly into the cabin of the Apollo lunar module in this photo (AS13-59-8566)?
LM-12 Member Posts: 3324 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 08-01-2016 04:27 PM The drogue is not in place, so you are seeing the top of the closed LM overhead docking hatch. See this diagram of the LM ascent stage interior.
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4494 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 08-01-2016 04:38 PM Look closely around the peripheral of the port and you'll see the CM docking ring with its attendant "modification" resulting from detonation of the pyrotechnic separation charges.
Kizzi Member Posts: 32 From: Manchester, England Registered: Apr 2012	posted 08-02-2016 11:03 AM Thanks guys - wasn't sure what I was seeing!
LM-12 Member Posts: 3324 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 08-02-2016 11:33 AM The open LM overhead hatch can be seen in photo AS13-62-8936. Here is a clip of Buzz Aldrin opening the LM overhead hatch on Apollo 11.

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