command module
Astronaut's orbital cockpit
The command module is the section of a spacecraft designed to carry the crew and serve as the control center during a mission.
The term is most associated with the Apollo program, where the command module housed astronauts during their journey to the Moon and back, separating from other components for reentry: The command module splashed down in the Pacific.
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
NASA · reentry · splashdown · Columbia · Odyssey · docking · hatch · heatshield · parachute · Soyuz
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Apollo spacecraft components
command modulelunar module
Spacecraft for surface landings
lunar lander · lander · service module · Eagle · spider
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