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  2. Apollo Lunar Module - Wikipedia

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    The Apollo Lunar Module (LM / ˈ l ɛ m /), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed spacecraft to operate exclusively in the airless vacuum of space, and remains the only ...

  3. Apollo command and service module - Wikipedia

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    Engineers at Arnold Air Base with an Apollo service module engine Apollo Service Module Propulsion System The service propulsion system ( SPS ) engine was originally designed to lift the CSM off the surface of the Moon in the direct ascent mission mode, [ 20 ] The engine selected was the AJ10-137 , [ 21 ] which used Aerozine 50 as fuel and ...

  4. Apollo (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    The Apollo spacecraft was composed of three parts designed to accomplish the American Apollo program's goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end of the 1960s and returning them safely to Earth. The expendable (single-use) spacecraft consisted of a combined command and service module (CSM) and an Apollo Lunar Module (LM).

  5. Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module is causing tremors on ...

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    The Apollo 17 lunar lander module left behind by US astronauts on the moon’s surface could be causing moonquakes, or small tremors, a new study revealed. Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module ...

  6. Transposition, docking, and extraction - Wikipedia

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    Transposition, docking, and extraction (often abbreviated to transposition and docking) was a maneuver performed during Apollo lunar landing missions from 1969 to 1972, to withdraw the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) from its adapter housing which secured it to the Saturn V launch vehicle upper stage and protected it from the aerodynamic stresses of launch.

  7. Apollo Docking Mechanism - Wikipedia

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    The docking mechanism of the Apollo was a "probe and drogue" system designed to allow the Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) to dock with the Apollo Lunar Module.The same system was later used for the Skylab 2, Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 CSMs to dock with the Skylab space station, and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project CSM to dock with a Docking Module adapter which allowed docking with the Soyuz 19 ...

  8. Lunar Module Eagle - Wikipedia

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    Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5) is the spacecraft that served as the crewed lunar lander of Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. It was named after the bald eagle , which was featured prominently on the mission insignia .

  9. Apollo/Skylab spacesuit - Wikipedia

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    The Apollo EMUs consisted of a Pressure Suit Assembly (PSA) aka "suit" and a Portable Life Support System (PLSS) that was more commonly called the "backpack". [3] The A7L was the PSA model used on the Apollo 7 through 14 missions. [4] The subsequent Apollo 15-17 lunar missions, [5] Skylab, [6] and Apollo–Soyuz used A7LB pressure suits. [7]