command module
noun
: a space vehicle module designed to carry the crew, the chief communication equipment, and the equipment for reentry
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Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module pilot Jack Swigert and lunar module pilot Fred Haise.
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Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
In Downey, North American Aviation built the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed astronauts on the moon.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
Armstrong and Aldrin laid down an Apollo 1 mission patch on the lunar surface in tribute to the crew members Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee, who died in a command module fire on the launch pad in 1967.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
But by the time viewers' televisions were off hours later, Armstrong and Aldrin were ready to rocket off the Moon in the lunar module Eagle to join astronaut Michael Collins in the orbiting command module Columbia for the trip back to Earth.
—Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 19 July 2024
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Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
In Downey, North American Aviation built the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed astronauts on the moon.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
Armstrong and Aldrin laid down an Apollo 1 mission patch on the lunar surface in tribute to the crew members Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee, who died in a command module fire on the launch pad in 1967.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
But by the time viewers' televisions were off hours later, Armstrong and Aldrin were ready to rocket off the Moon in the lunar module Eagle to join astronaut Michael Collins in the orbiting command module Columbia for the trip back to Earth.
—Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 19 July 2024
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“Command module.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20module. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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