This silent footage shows preparation of the ascent stage of a Lunar Module at NASA’s Eastern Test Range in Florida. The LM is moved through the building on a crane. The location is almost certainly the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building on Merritt Island, Florida, which is where the spacecraft would have been mated with the Lunar Module Adapter. The film is dated January, 1970 so most likely this is footage of the LEM named Aquarius which was on board Apollo 13. That mission was launched on April 11, 1970.

The Lunar Module (LM) – originally called the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) and still pronounced “lem” after the name was changed – was the spacecraft that allowed the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon. The Lunar Module (LM) was built by the Grumman Corporation in Bethpage, NY.

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