command module
Noun
Meaning
a space module in which astronauts can live and control the spacecraft and communicate with earth
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Flight controllers told the astronauts to shut down their command module and climb into Aquarius.
The naming of the command module and lunar module for Apollo 10 – "Charlie Brown" and "Snoopy" respectively, as mentioned earlier in this text, is testament to the character's standing at that time.
It features the American Astronaut Wall of Fame and such artifacts on display as an Apollo boilerplate command module (BP-29), a 1,406 pound meteorite found in the area, and meteorite specimens from Meteor Crater that can be touched.
The astronauts used Eagle's upper stage to lift off from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins in the command module.
It was an early design that was too heavy for a lunar landing, or, to be more precise, too heavy to be able to complete the ascent back to the command module.
Preliminary specifications were laid out for a spacecraft with a mission module cabin separate from the command module (piloting and re-entry cabin), and a propulsion and equipment module.