Six Legged Spider Moon Lander, Retro Space Model

A spider-like lander with six legs. The faceted, six-sided body has two window panels at the front, a round hatch ring on top and a small dish antenna on an angled mast. Six long legs, each with a ball joint at the shoulder, a diagonal brace and a round footpad, spread out around it, with an engine bell underneath. 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 in Ju…

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