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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The Endurance spacecraft, built by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin, will become the largest lunar lander in history, exceeding the size of NASA’s Apollo lunar module that ferried crews to and from the lunar surface more than 50 years ago.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
On the afternoon of Sunday, July 20, 1969, the world held its breath and nervously waited as Apollo 11’s lunar module, Eagle, prepared to land man on the moon for the first time.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Duke and fellow Apollo 16 astronaut John Young landed on the moon in 1972 in a lunar module called Orion – the same moniker used for the Artemis II spacecraft.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
Bwefore the launch on Fox News, Charles Duke, 90, lunar module pilot of Apollo 16, rejected conspiracy theories about earlier missions.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
On the afternoon of Sunday, July 20, 1969, the world held its breath and nervously waited as Apollo 11’s lunar module, Eagle, prepared to land man on the moon for the first time.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Duke and fellow Apollo 16 astronaut John Young landed on the moon in 1972 in a lunar module called Orion – the same moniker used for the Artemis II spacecraft.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
Bwefore the launch on Fox News, Charles Duke, 90, lunar module pilot of Apollo 16, rejected conspiracy theories about earlier missions.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
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