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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Conspiracy theories have, according to The New York Times, been spreading since the 1970s about the various moon landings that started when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped off their lunar module on July 21, 1969.
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Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The Apollo-era lunar module was a two-part spacecraft—a descent stage that landed the astronauts on the surface, and an ascent stage, containing the crew compartment, that lifted back off, leaving the bottom half of the vehicle on the moon.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The lunar module became their lifeboat to hurtle back to Earth.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission astronauts — from left: James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; William A. Anders, lunar module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander — at the Kennedy Space Center.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
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Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The Apollo-era lunar module was a two-part spacecraft—a descent stage that landed the astronauts on the surface, and an ascent stage, containing the crew compartment, that lifted back off, leaving the bottom half of the vehicle on the moon.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The lunar module became their lifeboat to hurtle back to Earth.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission astronauts — from left: James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; William A. Anders, lunar module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander — at the Kennedy Space Center.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
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