When an explosion rocked Apollo 13's service module on April 13, 1970, the vehicle's vital role, and that of the attached command module spacecraft, suddenly became crystal clear. The astronauts ...

Diagram of the Apollo Command Module interior, showing controls on the left and right sides of the module. Skip to main content. Reserve Free Passes Donate Search form. Search Input Search input.

Writing on the Wall. During the course of a project to produce a detailed 3D model of the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, conservators were able to observe and record some hand-written notes and ...

As the above diagram shows, the final plan for the Apollo moonshot was to launch the combined command module and lunar lander into ... Buzz Aldrin standsin front of the Apollo 11 lunar module.

Having left Earth, Apollo performed a mid-flight turn to dock with the Lunar Module, which was carried into space behind the Command Module, before turning again and heading for the Moon. 3.

Apollo 11 command module Columbia resting on a temporary cradle. Credit: Photo by Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

As the Apollo 13 crew separated the Command Module from the Lunar Module that had served them so well and so far beyond its design life, CAPCOM Joe Kerwin briefly broke away from the complex argot ...

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Having left Earth, Apollo performed a mid-flight turn to dock with the Lunar Module, which was carried into space behind the Command Module, before turning again and heading for the Moon. 3.