This Command Module, no. 107, manufactured by North American Rockwell, was one of three parts of the complete Apollo spacecraft. The other two parts were the Service Module and the Lunar Module, ...

The command module performed so well that NASA felt confident in making a bold move — sending Apollo 8 all the way around the moon in December. Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbit test of the lunar module.

Once the astronauts transferred into the command module, the lunar module was discarded. The propulsion systems in the service module were used to return to Earth.

The Command Module was the only part of the Apollo spacecraft that returned to Earth after the mission; the Service Module was jettisoned before re-entry and burned up in the atmosphere.

In 1969, ABC built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface.

The Apollo 7 spacecraft included a Command and Service Module 101 (CSM-101), the first Block II CSM to be flown with the capability of docking with a Lunar Module (designed to carry astronauts ...

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David Levine, a Navy veteran, began his career with North American Aviation in 1953 and was the manager for Electrical and Electronics Systems for the Apollo command and service module through its ...

Command Module Pilot Thomas K. "Ken" Mattingly orbited the moon with cameras and the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay instruments that were operational during Young and Duke's surface stay ...

The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit a quarter of a million miles from here.

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 ...

It's also the only piece of the spacecraft to complete the entire trip and splash down back on Earth. (Left) The Apollo 11 command and service modules are mated to the Saturn V lunar module adapter.