Here are some more images of Dragon Model's 1/72 scale Apollo 11"Lunar Approach" North American CSM "Columbia" + Grumman LM "Eagle".
From Wikipedia"
The Command Module was the control center for the Apollo spacecraft and living quarters for the three crewmen. It contained the pressurized main crew cabin, crew couches, control and instrument panel, optical and electronic guidance systems, communications systems, environmental control system, batteries, heat shield, reaction control system, forward docking hatch, side hatch, five windows and the parachute recovery system. It was the only part of the Apollo/Saturn launch vehicle that returned to Earth intact.
The
Service Module was a portion of the spacecraft that was unpressurized
and contained fuel cells, batteries, a high gain antenna, radiators,
water, hydrogen, oxygen, a reaction control system and propellant to
enter and leave lunar orbit, and service propulsion systems. On Apollo
15, 16 and 17 it also carried a scientific instrument package, mapping
camera and a small sub-satellite to study the moon.
A
major portion of the service module was taken up by propellant and the
main rocket engine. Capable of multiple restarts, this engine placed
the Apollo spacecraft into and out of lunar orbit, and was used for
mid-course corrections between the earth and the moon.
The
Service Module remained attached to the Command Module throughout the
mission. It was jettisoned just prior to reentry into the Earth's
atmosphere.
The Lunar Module
was the portion of the Apollo spacecraft that landed on the moon and
returned to lunar orbit and was the first true "spaceship" since it was
designed to fly solely in the vacuum of space. It was divided into two
major parts, the Descent Module and the Ascent Module. It supplied
life support systems for two astronauts for a total of four to five
days. The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by the Grumman Aircraft Company led by Tom Kelly.
The
Descent Stage contained the landing gear, landing radar antenna,
descent rocket engine, and fuel to land on the moon. It also had several
cargo compartments used to carry among other things, the Apollo Lunar
Surface Experiment Packages ALSEP, the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) (a hand-pulled equipment cart used on Apollo 14), the Lunar Rover (moon car - Apollo 15, 16 and 17), surface television camera, surface tools and lunar sample collection boxes.
The Ascent Stage contained the crew cabin, instrument panels, overhead hatch/docking port, forward hatch, optical and electronic guidance systems, reaction control system, radar and communications antennas, ascent rocket engine and fuel to return to lunar orbit and rendezvous with the Apollo Command and Service Modules.
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