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Detail of and into the commander's observation window. Some of the ceiling of
the LM can be seen, including the overhead docking
window (the bright rounded rectangle toward the right corner of the
observation window).
I'm uncertain as to the heritage of this observation window: On manned Lunar
Modules, the commander's window had a "landing point designator", a series of
markings on the window (as shown on LM-9 at Kennedy Space Center)
which were used in conjunction with the guidance computer to assist the
commander in choosing the exact landing point. For additional information, see
the "Descent Planning" section of the Apollo Experience
Report: Mission Planning for Lunar Module Descent and Ascent
(see page 3 of the document, which is page 11 of the PDF; a diagram depicting
the LM forward window appears on page 6/page 14).
However, as LM-2 was configured for unmanned use, it may have lacked the LPD.
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