The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed astronauts on the Moon …

Mar 4, 2025 · Do you want to see an Apollo Command Module? Here are the locations of each of the 12 Apollo Command Modules around the world.

Without the heat shield, the astronauts would not have survived re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere at the end of the mission. The service module was a 24.6 foot (7.5 meters) tall cylinder. It was 12.8 feet …

The Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins to the Moon and back on the first lunar landing mission in July, 1969.

For lunar landing missions, Apollo used two spacecraft: the Lunar Module (LM) and the Command and Service Module (CSM). The CSM remained in lunar orbit with one astronaut on board while two …

The command module, built by North American Aviation (at the time of launch, North American Rockwell Corporation), accommodated three astronauts during the mission.

Jul 12, 2019 · When an explosion rocked Apollo 13 's service module on April 13, 1970, the vehicle's vital role, and that of the attached command module spacecraft, suddenly became crystal clear. The...

Oct 9, 2017 · The Apollo 11 Command and Service Modules (CSM) are photographed from the Lunar Module (LM) in lunar orbit during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The lunar surface below is in …

6 days ago · What made Apollo 11 successful? Apollo 11 succeeded because it combined proven hardware with a mission sequence already rehearsed in stages by earlier flights. The Saturn V, …

5 days ago · Apollo 13, U.S. spaceflight, launched on April 11, 1970, that suffered an oxygen tank explosion en route to the Moon, threatening the lives of three astronauts—commander Jim Lovell, …