![Why did the service module of the apollo missions have to make a turn in orbit to carry the lunar module? - Quora Why did the service module of the apollo missions have to make a turn in orbit to carry the lunar module? - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-2a013510daa8f36b0b567f9d498d0fe5.webp)
Why did the service module of the apollo missions have to make a turn in orbit to carry the lunar module? - Quora
If the Apollo lunar module was such a flimsy and lightweight spacecraft, how did it handle docking with the command module? The videos of docking look like the impact was pretty hard,
![orbital mechanics - How did the Lunar Module dock with the rest of Apollo 11 and what is the "CSM"? - Space Exploration Stack Exchange orbital mechanics - How did the Lunar Module dock with the rest of Apollo 11 and what is the "CSM"? - Space Exploration Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/seK73.jpg)