command module
noun
: a space vehicle module designed to carry the crew, the chief communication equipment, and the equipment for reentry
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Finally, a giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will launch an Orion spacecraft (which looks a lot like an Apollo command module), with astronauts inside.
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2019
The Apollo 1 fire erupted on Jan. 27, 1967, while team members were testing the mission's command module on the ground.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
That May 1969 mission, which was the last before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface, featured a lunar module known as Snoopy and a command module that bore the name of Charlie Brown.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Ronald Evans, also a Navy captain, was the pilot of the command module.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2019
The Apollo 1 fire erupted on Jan. 27, 1967, while team members were testing the mission's command module on the ground.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
That May 1969 mission, which was the last before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface, featured a lunar module known as Snoopy and a command module that bore the name of Charlie Brown.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Ronald Evans, also a Navy captain, was the pilot of the command module.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Command module.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20module. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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