lunar module
noun
: a space vehicle module designed to carry astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
called also lunar excursion module
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Two years later, Anders served as the lunar module pilot for the Apollo 8 mission, alongside command module pilot Jim Lovell and mission commander Frank Borman.
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
Anders was the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 8 mission.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module.
—The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2024
On the Apollo 10 mission in May 1969, General Stafford flew in orbit around the moon with Commander Cernan in their lunar module, named Charlie Brown, while Capt. John W. Young of the Navy remained in orbit in their space capsule, Snoopy, awaiting their return.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
Anders was the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 8 mission.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module.
—The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2024
On the Apollo 10 mission in May 1969, General Stafford flew in orbit around the moon with Commander Cernan in their lunar module, named Charlie Brown, while Capt. John W. Young of the Navy remained in orbit in their space capsule, Snoopy, awaiting their return.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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