Today's Google Doodle is Worth a Look

[Mort7]

https://www.google.co.uk/

[twing]

Cheers for that, very good

[mrtwisty]

Thank you for posting that. Its brilliant.

[mike74]

That's actually the first time I've seen a simple illustration of the various Apollo stages from earth to the moon.

[juice]

That is fantastic - thanks for posting !

[tobinen]

Very good

[anonymous-user]

mike74 said:

That's actually the first time I've seen a simple illustration of the various Apollo stages from earth to the moon.

The bit where the command module separates, turns and then re-docks with the lunar lander *while the whole thing is still moving forward at 10,000mph* amazes me.

[Digger]

There is also this, The Making Of . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKTZouDScj4

[Black can man]

Cheers for that , thoroughly enjoyable .

[Mr.Grooler]

Enjoyed that and learned something - thanks for sharing.

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Spumfry said:

mike74 said:

That's actually the first time I've seen a simple illustration of the various Apollo stages from earth to the moon.

The bit where the command module separates, turns and then re-docks with the lunar lander *while the whole thing is still moving forward at 10,000mph* amazes me.

But relative to each other they're only moving at a few inches per second. It's all very clever stuff but it most certainly isn't done at high relative speeds.

Ironically, this was one of the things that really caused trouble for Apollo 13. After the explosion, debris stayed with them, so they simply couldn't see any constellations to get a fix on and navigate with. (Yes, Apollo missions really did use star sightings to know where they were).