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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Even the command module simulator is a thing of beauty.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 June 2025
The crew has less than an hour to evacuate the command module Odyssey into the lunar module Aquarius, using it as a lifeboat.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
After 22 hours in the moondust, the Apollo 11 astronauts climbed into the lander’s ascent stage and returned to the command module for the trip back to Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2019
Unlike during the Apollo program, when helicopters were used to hoist the crew and command module onto the flight deck of U.S. Navy airfcraft carriers, the Artemis program is using amphibious transport dock ships that have open well decks to envelop the Orion capsule.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 June 2025
The crew has less than an hour to evacuate the command module Odyssey into the lunar module Aquarius, using it as a lifeboat.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
After 22 hours in the moondust, the Apollo 11 astronauts climbed into the lander’s ascent stage and returned to the command module for the trip back to Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2019
Unlike during the Apollo program, when helicopters were used to hoist the crew and command module onto the flight deck of U.S. Navy airfcraft carriers, the Artemis program is using amphibious transport dock ships that have open well decks to envelop the Orion capsule.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Command module.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20module. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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