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==Lunar modules produced== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Serial number ! Name ! Use ! Launch date ! Location ! Image |- | LTA-1 | | colspan="2" | Not flown | [[Cradle of Aviation Museum]] (Long Island, New York)<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LTA-1 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lta-1.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:At the Cradle of Aviation Museum 2023 158.jpg|100px]] |- | LTA-2R | | [[Apollo 6]] | April 4, 1968 | Re-entered Earth's atmosphere | [[File:67-H-1230 Lunar module LTA-2 R.jpg|100px]] |- | LTA-3A | | colspan="2" | Not flown | [[Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LTA-3A |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lta-3a.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:LTA-3A at Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, KS.jpg|100px]] |- | LTA-3DR | | colspan="2" | Non-flight descent stage | [[Franklin Institute]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LTA-3DR |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lta-3dr.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:Apollo_lander%2C_Franklin_Institute_-_DSC06612.JPG|100px]] |- | LTA-5D | | colspan="2" | Not flown | [[White Sands Test Facility]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LTA-5 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lta-5.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | |- | LTA-8A | | [[List of Apollo missions#Lunar Module Tests|Thermal-vacuum tests]] | Ground tests in 1968 | [[Space Center Houston]]<ref name="spacecenter1">{{Cite web |title=Lunar Module LTA-8 |url=https://spacecenter.org/attractions/starship-gallery/lunar-module-lta-8/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171306/https://spacecenter.org/attractions/starship-gallery/lunar-module-lta-8/ |archive-date=April 9, 2018 |access-date=April 9, 2018 |publisher=Space Center Houston}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LTA-8 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lta-8.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:LTA-8A.jpg|100px]] |- | LTA-10R | | [[Apollo 4]] | November 9, 1967 | Re-entered Earth's atmosphere<ref name="spacecenter1"/> | |- | MSC-16 | | colspan="2" | Lunar Module Trainer | [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} MSC-16 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/msc-16.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:MSC-16 at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL.jpg|100px]] |- | TM-5 | | colspan="2" | Non-flight | [[Museum of Life and Science]] (Durham, North Carolina)<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} TM-5 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/tm-5.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:TM-5 at Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC.jpg|100px]] |- | PA-1 | | colspan="2" | Not flown | [[White Sands Test Facility]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} Lunar Modules |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | |- | LM-1 | | [[Apollo 5]] | January 22, 1968 | Re-entered Earth's atmosphere | [[File:Lunar Module-1 and Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA)-7 in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-2 | | colspan="2" | Intended for second uncrewed flight, used instead for ground testing. Landing gear added for drop testing. Lacks Alignment Optical Telescope and flight computer<ref>Maksel, Rebecca, What's real and what's not? Air & Space, June/July 2013, pp. 20-21</ref> | [[National Air and Space Museum]] (Washington, D.C.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LM-2 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lm-2.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:LunarLander.JPG|100px]] |- | LM-3 | ''Spider'' | [[Apollo 9]] | March 3, 1969 | Descent and ascent stages reentered Earth's atmosphere separately | [[File:Spider Over The Ocean - GPN-2000-001109.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-4 | ''Snoopy'' | [[Apollo 10]] | May 18, 1969 | Descent stage may have hit the Moon, ascent stage in [[heliocentric orbit]]. ''Snoopy'' is the only flown LM ascent stage known to have survived intact (possibly asteroid 2018 AV2<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/astronomers-might-have-found-apollo-10-snoopy-module/ |title=Astronomers Might Have Found Apollo 10's "Snoopy" Module |newspaper=Sky & Telescope |date=June 14, 2019 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519174608/https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/astronomers-might-have-found-apollo-10-snoopy-module/ |url-status=live }}</ref>). | [[File:AS10-34-5087.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-5 | ''[[Lunar Module Eagle|Eagle]]'' | [[Apollo 11]] | July 16, 1969 | Descent stage on lunar surface in [[Mare Tranquillitatis|Sea of Tranquility]], ascent stage left in lunar orbit (could be still orbiting the moon<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/new-evidence-suggests-apollo-11s-lunar-ascent-module-could-still-be-orbiting |title=New Evidence Suggests Apollo 11's Lunar Ascent Module Could Still be Orbiting the Moon |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822180559/https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/new-evidence-suggests-apollo-11s-lunar-ascent-module-could-still-be-orbiting |url-status=live }}</ref>) | [[File:Apollo 11 Lunar Lander - 5927 NASA.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-6 | ''Intrepid'' | [[Apollo 12]] | November 14, 1969 | Descent stage on lunar surface at [[Oceanus Procellarum|Ocean of Storms]], ascent stage deliberately crashed into Moon | [[File:Bean Descends Intrepid - GPN-2000-001317.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-7 | ''Aquarius'' | [[Apollo 13]] | April 11, 1970 | Re-entered Earth's atmosphere | [[File:Apollo 13 Lunar Module.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-8 | ''Antares'' | [[Apollo 14]] | January 31, 1971 | Descent stage on lunar surface at [[Fra Mauro formation|Fra Mauro]], ascent stage deliberately crashed into Moon | [[File:Antares on the Frau Mauro Highlands - GPN-2000-001144.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-9 | | colspan="2" | Not flown, intended as Apollo 15, last H-class mission | On display at the [[Kennedy Space Center]] (Apollo/Saturn V Center)<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LM-9 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lm-9.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:LM-9KSC.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-10 | ''Falcon'' | [[Apollo 15]], first ELM | July 26, 1971 | Descent stage on lunar surface at [[Hadley–Apennine]], ascent stage deliberately crashed into Moon | [[File:AS15-88-11866 - Apollo 15 flag, rover, LM, Irwin - restoration1.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-11 | ''Orion'' | [[Apollo 16]] | April 16, 1972 | Descent stage on lunar surface at [[Descartes Highlands]], ascent stage left in lunar orbit, crashed on Moon | [[File:Apollo 16 LM Orion.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-12 | ''Challenger'' | [[Apollo 17]] | December 7, 1972 | Descent stage on lunar surface at [[Taurus–Littrow|Taurus-Littrow]], ascent stage deliberately crashed into Moon | [[File:Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage.jpg|100px]] |- | LM-13 | | colspan="2" | Not flown, intended as [[Canceled Apollo missions|Apollo 19]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grumman Lunar Module LM-13 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum|url=https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/exhibits/exhibit-galleries/exploring_space/grumman_lunar_module_lm-13.html|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=www.cradleofaviation.org|language=en|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620071730/https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/exhibits/exhibit-galleries/exploring_space/grumman_lunar_module_lm-13.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R79GAQAAMAAJ&pg=887|title=1971 NASA Authorization: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 15695 (superseded by H.R. 16516) United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1970|pages=887|access-date=June 30, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630045231/https://books.google.com/books?id=R79GAQAAMAAJ&pg=887|url-status=live|ref={{sfnRef|United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics|1970}} }}</ref><br /> | Partially completed by [[Grumman]], restored and on display at [[Cradle of Aviation Museum]] (Long Island, New York). Also used during 1998 miniseries ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Spacecraft {{!}} LM-13 |url=https://www.american-spacecraft.org/lunar-modules/lm-13.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=www.american-spacecraft.org}}</ref> | [[File:At the Cradle of Aviation Museum 2023 123.jpg|100x100px]] |- | LM-14 | | colspan="2" | Not flown, intended as [[Canceled Apollo missions|Apollo 20]]{{sfn|United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics|1970|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=R79GAQAAMAAJ&pg=834 834]}} | Incomplete, most likely scrapped<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Mosher|first=Dave|date=October 16, 2019|title=NASA isn't sure what happened to one of its last Apollo moon landers. The truth is probably depressing.|work=Business Insider|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-lunar-modules-lm14-lm15-probably-turned-into-scrap-metal-2019-10|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703054443/https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-lunar-modules-lm14-lm15-probably-turned-into-scrap-metal-2019-10|url-status=live}}</ref> | |- | LM-15 | | colspan="2" | Not flown, intended for modification into [[Apollo Telescope Mount]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8ZGAQAAMAAJ&pg=1127|title=1970 NASA Authorization: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4046, H.R. 10251 (superseded by H.R. 11271) United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1969|pages=1127–1128|access-date=June 30, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726065830/https://books.google.com/books?id=J8ZGAQAAMAAJ&pg=1127|url-status=live |ref={{sfnref|United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics|1969}}}}</ref>{{sfn|United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics|1969|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=J8ZGAQAAMAAJ&pg=1021 1021]}} | Incomplete,<ref name=":0" /> scrapped<ref>{{Cite web |title=Location of Apollo Lunar Modules |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/location/lm.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705231103/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/location/lm.cfm |archive-date=July 5, 2016 |access-date=June 29, 2020 |website=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum}}</ref> | |- | colspan="6" | * For the location of LMs left on the Lunar surface, see [[list of artificial objects on the Moon]]. |} [[File:Apollo Spacecraft Locations World Map.png|thumb|upright=4.9|World map showing locations of Apollo Lunar Modules (along with other hardware)|alt=|center]] {{Clear}}
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