The lunar module also was tested to determine whether it could rendezvous and dock with the Command Service Module again, as required for the first crewed lunar landing.

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.

The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar-landing mission. This Command Module, no. 107, manufactured by North ...

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.

Worden served as the command module pilot on Apollo 15, the first lunar mission to carry scientific instruments in the command module. While orbiting the Moon alone, farther from other people than ...

Instead, the lunar module rejoined the command module and docked with it. Here, the crews rejoined their colleagues and ride home, before discarding of the lunar module to crash on the Moon's surface.

About as large as an SUV (210 cubic feet), the command module was where the astronauts lived and worked. • The command module was positioned between the lunar module, which was released to the moon’s ...

The Lunar Module takes off from the Moon and docks with the Command and Service Module. The Command Module then separates from the Service Module, which jettisons its fuel and accelerates away.

The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Cartier-crafted gold lunar module model is expected to command $150,000 at auction. (Image credit: RR Auction) ...

The Lunar Module descent engine was used to place the spacecraft on a landing trajectory and to speed up the return. Just before re-entry, the astronauts returned to the Command Module and jettisoned ...