Fuel Tank Ring Moon Lander, Retro Space Age Model

A lander built around a ring of fuel tanks. A cluster of large spherical tanks surrounds a central column, and above them sits a round equipment collar with square panels, a domed cabin and a ball-tipped antenna. An engine nozzle points down from the centre, and splayed, braced legs with round footpads hold the craft up. Leg-mounted landers became the defining spacecraft of the 1960s space race, when robotic probes and then crewed missions touched down on the Moon; the first crewed landing came…

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