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 lunar module came to within 8 and a half miles of the lunar surface during practice maneuvers. Here: The Apollo 10 Command Module orbiting the moon, May 1969.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Footage showing a NASA lunar module launching from the Moon's surface had to have been filmed by someone "left behind." On Jan. 28, 2024, the X account Historic Videos shared footage of Apollo 17 ...

Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar-landing mission.

The Apollo Command Service Module served as a home away from home en route to the Moon and safely returned every last astronaut back to Earth.

The Command Module would pass overhead, and several seconds later the commander would light the engines. The LESS would take off, but only with an acceleration of about two times lunar gravity.