Lunar Module Footpad Joint

The LM’s landing pads are 37 inches across and are attached to the legs via a ball joint and some funny gray stuff. Try as I might, there is precious little information about the footpads.

photo by Carsten Olsen, used with permission (the photo above, obviously not the photo to the right :-)

LMLandingGear.jpg

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