What's inside of the Lunar Module?

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The Apollo Lunar Module was the part of the Apollo Spacecraft that landed on the moon. The LM was split up into two parts - the ascent stage and descent stage. For the landing, both parts went to the surface of the moon. When it's time the leave only the ascent stage leaves the surface. The descent stage has fuel and oxidizer tanks in the center compartments. Equipment was also stored in the outer corners - these were called quadrants. They stored items such as the Lunar Roving Vehicle, scientific experiments, a camera, and water and oxygen tanks. The ascent stage was where the astronauts lived. It had the controls, two windows, more equipment, a docking hatch, and the engine to leave the lunar surface.

⌚Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Designing the LM
1:08 - Getting to the Moon's Surface
1:49 - Apollo Missions
2:15 - Two Stages
2:30 - Descent Stage
4:59 - Ascent Stage
6:41 - What happened to each Lunar Module

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Book Sources:
Apollo 11: Owners' Workshop Manual by David Baker
Apollo 13: Owners' Workshop Manual by David Baker
Moon Lander: How we developed the Apollo Lunar Module by Thomas J. Kelly
Space!: The Universe as You've Never Seen It Before by DK Children

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[JaredOwen]

The Apollo Spacecraft is one of my favorite topics! Thanks everyone for watching and supporting my videos😎

[kaiserschmitt]

Jared: *Talks about RCS*
People who play Kerbal Space Program: You know i’m somewhat of a scientist myself

[jamesgrinder]

At 11 years old I watched the first Moon landing in the presence of my Grandmother. She was born in 1899 and remembers when the horse and buggy was the most common form of transportation.

[genericfakename]

That tiny detail about how the lunar rover folded out explained so much! You have no idea how many hours I've spent looking at diagrams of that thing for two seconds of animation to make it look totally obvious.

[udparent]

Beautiful! And, thank you Jared! My dad helped design the LEM while working at Grumman in Farmingdale NY. He was always so proud of his work there and we were so proud of him too. Miss you daddy!

[ronaldgarrison]

A pleasant surprise! A straightforward, no-nonsense presentation, not dumbed down, nor unnecessarily complicated. Good use of computer graphics. No whiteboards, no obtuse narration. Guess I'm going to find something else to complain about today. Well, the weather IS awfully cold…

[andyburk]

"It's ugly, but it gets you there..." - Volkswagen

[AdamJRichardson]

I've watched a bunch of your videos but had somehow missed this one! A few other tidbits worth noting:
- The descent stage rocket was the world's first throttle-able rocket - it could be turned up or down in power, whereas most rockets are all or nothing (hence the importance of timing the burns exactly). This was necessary for making the landing work.
- The ascent stage rocket by contrast was designed to be as simple as possible, so there was almost no chance of it failing and stranding the astronauts on the moon. Two chemicals that when mixed (via a simple valve) ignite of their own volition, no separate ignition system needed.
- There are no seats in the decent stage - to save weight. The astronauts piloted it down standing up.

[tonydean]

A stunning American achievement! The engineering, the computing, the mathematics, the manufacturing, the communications, the electronics - outstanding.

[DGFX]

Wow, I learned more about the moon landings in your 8 minute video that I did in the last 50 years. Great stuff. Thank you.

[androidaxolotl]

1:58 The Lunar Module actually played a very very very important role in Apollo 13. After the o2 tank explosion which crippled the command module Odyssey, the astronauts, with no other choice, shut it down and powered up the Lunar Module, Aquarius. They used the LEM oxygen supply to survive, and used its descent engine to get on a free-return trajectory. If this had happened on a mission such as Apollo 8, with no LEM, the crew would have for sure died.

[StarshipLanding]

If your here in 2023 getting hype about space pop a thumbs up

[midnightrambler]

Excellent video. A perfect example of designing something solely for the function it had to carry out.

[alexanderpanaretos]

One of the most - maybe the most - ingenious vehicles ever designed. Almost hard to believe that decades have passed since it carried people to the moon.

[olliehopnoodle]

I saw one of the LM's at the NASM in DC. We passed it the first time and I thought it was a high school mock up. When we returned to that area I was hanging out by it while my wife was off doing something. I was AMAZED to learn it was an actual unused LM. I couldn't believe the guys on the earlier missions actually trusted that to get them to and from the moon. Just amazing and so much respect for the team that made the moon landings possible.

[Life_]

This is insanely detailed!!! I greatly appreciate your videos! Thank you so much for teaching millions of people!

[RappinPicard]

Apollo 10’s ascent stage is still out there orbiting the sun somewhere.

[Andre-Vids]

3:00 Fun fact, that flag on Apollo 11 was bought at a sears for only 5 dollars

[flyingwing]

Perfect! I am a docent at The Cradle of Aviation Museum and we have the Apollo 19 LEM. This video is an easy to understand presentation of our magnificent bird. Thanks Jared!

[petermihelich]

The fuels for the LM was a hyperbolic type, which when combined cause a superheated steam jet. The 'fuel' was aerozine a highly corrosive liquid. The oxidizer was nitrous oxide N2O4. When combined there was an explosive reaction. My dad was an electrical engineer at Grumman. He was involved with the LM project, when I was 10 years old he brought me into plant 5 to see the high bay white room with almost all of the LM 's in a row. LM 1 was already tested at this time on the apollo 5 unmanned mission to test the vehicle in space.