Achieving Lunar Orbit is a piece of digital artwork by Philip Cruden which was uploaded on August 14th, 2017.
Achieving Lunar Orbit
Apollo VIII was the first manned mission to the Moon launched on Dec, 21, 1968. On the mission were Commander Frank Borman, Module Pilot James Lovell... more
Title
Achieving Lunar Orbit
Artist
Philip Cruden
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
Description
Apollo VIII was the first manned mission to the Moon launched on Dec, 21, 1968. On the mission were Commander Frank Borman, Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders. Their goal was to achieve new milestones in the race to get to the Moon. Number one was to get to the Moon. Number two was to get into orbit. Number three was to get as many pictures of the Moon as possible to identify possible future landing sites and number four was to return safely to Earth.
All of these milestones where accomplished on this mission. Getting to the Moon was no easy task and getting into orbit doubly so. To get into orbit the Service Command Module (SCM for short) does a 180' roll, fires the main engine to slow down and then the Moon's gravity pulls them inward into orbit.
This painting depicts Apollo VIII's final burn as it slips into the Moon's orbit.
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August 14th, 2017
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