The Lunar Module (LM) was a key part of NASA’s Apollo program, responsible for carrying astronauts from lunar orbit to the ...

The service module provided power, propulsion and storage to the command module. It was cylindrical, at 24.6 feet (7.5 m) long and 12.8 feet (3.9 m) in diameter.

When Astronauts Set Sail Aboard Apollo Command Module 007. ... this test article was a Block I version of the command module with all the same configuration as flight articles.

On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9 mission to test the first crewed Lunar Module spacecraft that would pave the way for future moon landings. See how the mission worked in photos here.

We know the Apollo lunar module alone landed ... Earth in their lunar landing ready configuration. ... Apollo 7 How Donn Eisele Became “Whatshisname,” the Command Module Pilot of Apollo 7.

1967: Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed on the launch pad when a flash fire engulfs their command module during testing for the first Apollo-Saturn mission. They are the first U.S ...

Apollo 13, the third scheduled manned lunar landing, was launched on April 11, 1970, from Kennedy Space Center. The crewmembers were Commander James Lovell, Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, and Command ...

TROY – When the Apollo 1 command module burned on Jan. 27, 1967, killing the crew of three astronauts, the nation’s program to reach the moon teetered on complete failure. NASA turned to RPI ...

The Apollo 11 lunar module traveled through space after being propelled toward the moon by a powerful rocket. Astronauts made the journey in a different, attached module − called the command module.