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Command module Columbia (CM-107) is the spacecraft that served as the command module during Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. Columbia is the only spacecraft of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that returned to Earth .
Command module scrapped; [52] service module is at JSC on top of the Little Joe II in Rocket Park with Boiler Plate 22 command module. [53] CSM-103 Apollo 8: December 21, 1968 Command module on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago [49] CSM-104 Gumdrop: Apollo 9: March 3, 1969 Command module on display at San Diego Air and ...
In October 1968, Apollo 7 evaluated the command module in Earth orbit, [44] and in December Apollo 8 tested it in lunar orbit. [45] In March 1969, Apollo 9 put the lunar module through its paces in Earth orbit, [46] and in May Apollo 10 conducted a "dress rehearsal" in lunar orbit. By July 1969, all was in readiness for Apollo 11 to take the ...
Apollo Command Module primary guidance system components Apollo Lunar Module primary guidance system components Apollo Inertial Measurement Unit. The Apollo primary guidance, navigation, and control system (PGNCS, pronounced pings) was a self-contained inertial guidance system that allowed Apollo spacecraft to carry out their missions when communications with Earth were interrupted, either as ...
Apollo Command Module and its position on top of Saturn V. The command module was the control center for the Apollo spacecraft and living quarters for the three crewmen.
Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...
Astronauts manually flew Project Gemini with control sticks, but computers flew most of Project Apollo except briefly during lunar landings. [6] Each Moon flight carried two AGCs, one each in the command module and the Apollo Lunar Module, with the exception of Apollo 7 which was an Earth orbit mission and Apollo 8 which did not need a lunar module for its lunar orbit mission.
Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5) is the spacecraft that served as the crewed lunar lander of Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. It was named after the bald eagle , which was featured prominently on the mission insignia .