wrote:
I just watched Man Moment Machine featuring Apollo 13. In most of the
animations, the LM/CSM was traveling to the side. Is this right?
I always assumed it traveled straight ahead with that big CSM engine
nozzle to the rear.

I believe that the stack was oriented with its axis oriented
perpendicular to the Sun in order to facilitate passive thermal control
(PTC).

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Dave Michelson