> instead firing midcourse correction burns with the LEM descent stage while attached to the CSM.
The descent stage was left on the moon so that would have been the LM ascent stage. They had 2 separate motors for descent and ascent.
But indeed Apollo 13 was very different. I think on normal missions they only brought the LM back along for TEI so as not to litter the surface with crashed LMs.
The descent stage was left on the moon so that would have been the LM ascent stage. They had 2 separate motors for descent and ascent.
But indeed Apollo 13 was very different. I think on normal missions they only brought the LM back along for TEI so as not to litter the surface with crashed LMs.