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 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 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 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.

Instead, the lunar module rejoined the command module and docked with it. Here, the crews rejoined their colleagues and ride home, before discarding of the lunar module to crash on the Moon's surface.

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 ...

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.

About as large as an SUV (210 cubic feet), the command module was where the astronauts lived and worked. • The command module was positioned between the lunar module, which was released to the moon’s ...

After exploring the Moon's surface, two of the astronauts would use that lower stage as a launchpad, rendezvousing and redocking with the command module pilot in lunar orbit. (The third astronaut, the ...

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 ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Cartier-crafted gold lunar module model is expected to command $150,000 at auction. (Image credit: RR Auction) ...

The Lunar Module descent engine was used to place the spacecraft on a landing trajectory and to speed up the return. Just before re-entry, the astronauts returned to the Command Module and jettisoned ...