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Pilot's controls
Inside the spacecraft, a pilot and a co-pilot maneuver the vehicle with the help of two screens showing their location. A third screen, center, is a downward pointing camera, which shows the landing site as it comes into view.
Once the Altair lunar lander leaves orbit and is headed toward the moon, it flies automatically, with the manual controls activated for the final 500 feet of descent.
November 27, 2009 6:00 AM PST
Photo by: James Martin/CNET
| Caption by: James Martin
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