leaving the command module unhampered for its return to Earth. All the service modules were left to burn up in the atmosphere. Sources: NASA CSM Fact Sheet; Apollo 11 at the NSSDC. More deals ...

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 astronauts ...

16 x 20 cm. (6.3 x 7.9 in.) Though an Apollo 18 had initially been planned, the decision to scrap the project meant the ascent of Apollo 17’s LM “Challenger” also marked the end of all human visits to ...

In this historic photo from the U.S. space agency, the Apollo 16 Command and Service Module (CSM) "Casper" approaches the Lunar Module (LM). The two spacecraft were about to make their final ...

Circling above the landing site in their moon-orbiting mother spaceship, in the Command and Service Module ... Moon-landing flight plan of Apollo 11 is shown by diagram. What’s never been ...

the stubby Apollo Command Module that housed the astronauts, the cylindrical Apollo Service Module that contained the majority of the spacecraft’s electrical and environmental supplies ...

A view of the Apollo 15 Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit as photographed from the Lunar Module (LM) just after rendezvous. The lunar nearside is in the background. This view is looking ...

The Lunar Module (LM or "Lem") was carried in a compartment behind the command and service modules. The BBC's James Burke takes a look inside the Apollo Command Module Having left Earth ...

Michael Collins flew the command and service module around the moon before meeting back up with them and heading home. Lowry listened in from Downey to the radio chatter between Mission Control and ...

When first proposed in 1959, the spacecraft that would eventually become known as the Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM) was envisioned as a three-man Earth-orbital vehicle upgradable to ...

This ladies handbag in the shape of Project Apollo Command and Service Modules (CSM) was designed by Henry Fenster of the Canadian company Mastercraft Leather Goods. Inspired at least in part by the ...