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 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.
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
Lovell and fellow crewmen, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, working with Houston ground controllers, then converted their lunar module into an effective lifeboat.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2025
Flight controllers and the crew used the lunar module as a lifeboat to return safely to Earth.
—Anna Commander
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joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
The third crew member of Apollo 13 was Biloxi, Mississippi, native Fred Haise, the lunar module pilot who was part of the same astronaut class as Swigert.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 July 2025
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
Lovell and fellow crewmen, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, working with Houston ground controllers, then converted their lunar module into an effective lifeboat.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2025
Flight controllers and the crew used the lunar module as a lifeboat to return safely to Earth.
—Anna Commander
hannah Parry
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
The third crew member of Apollo 13 was Biloxi, Mississippi, native Fred Haise, the lunar module pilot who was part of the same astronaut class as Swigert.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 July 2025
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