[APOLLO PROGRAM]. LUNAR ORBIT RENDEZVOUS DOCUMENT, SIGNED BY 11 APOLLO ASTRONAUTS

LUNAR ORBIT RENDEZVOUS

"The Rendezvous Maneuver"

Single sheet, printed recto and verso, 8 by 11 inches, creases where previously folded. 

SIGNED BY 11 APOLLO ASTRONAUTS: WALLY SCHIRRA, EDWARD H. WHITE, JAMES MCDIVITT, FRANK BORMAN, THOMAS STAFFORD, BUZZ ALDRIN, MICHAEL COLLINS, RICHARD GORDON, JAMES LOVELL, DAVID SCOTT, and EUGENE CERNAN. The Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) method is the method used on all lunar landed missions to efficiently land humans on the moon. The concept consists of a main spacecraft, the Command Service Module (CSM) that remains in lunar orbit, while a separate lunar lander descends to the lunar surface. The lunar lander is divided into two stages; the descent stage, and the ascent stage. The descent stage remains on the lunar surface after the mission is complete, while the ascent stage is used to launch from the lunar surface and re-dock with the main spacecraft. The CSM then returns to Earth, and the Command Module (CM) then separates from the Service module to re-enter Earth's atmosphere, leaving the Service Module behind in space.