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.

McDivitt then turned the Command Module around and used the reaction thrusters and zeroed in on the docking target atop the Lunar Module.

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 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 ...

New video recreates Apollo 11’s last three minutes before lunar touch down.

In 1969, ABC built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface.

Using the lunar module as a lifeboat and employing techniques never before considered, the astronauts' ordeal ended triumphantly ...

NASA called the two-part spacecraft the command and service module, or CSM. The CSM delivered a third part, called the lunar module, to lunar orbit.

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 ...