lunar module
noun
: a space vehicle module designed to carry astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
called also lunar excursion module
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And the lunar modules, though heavier, didn't put prominent marks in the surface in some places because their mass was more evenly distributed than the astronauts' weight was in their boots.
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Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
That May 1969 mission, which was the last before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface, featured a lunar module known as Snoopy and a command module that bore the name of Charlie Brown.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
The panel, which is still affixed to the lunar module’s descent stage on the moon’s surface, includes two depictions of Earth, capturing its Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
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Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
That May 1969 mission, which was the last before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface, featured a lunar module known as Snoopy and a command module that bore the name of Charlie Brown.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
The panel, which is still affixed to the lunar module’s descent stage on the moon’s surface, includes two depictions of Earth, capturing its Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
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