The fundamental command module structure consists of a nonpressurized outer casing (the heat shield), and a pressure-tight inner shell for the crew compartment. The inner section is …

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 …

The service module is a cylindrical structure which serves as a storehouse of critical subsystems and supplies for almost the entire lunar mission. It is attached to the command module from …

The window structural design and verification experience is presented for the Apollo command and lunar modules. This report presents window design philosophy, design criteria, hardware

It houses three astronauts, and carries them from launch until splashdown at the end of the two weeks mission. It is the only component to return to Earth. The Command Module has a …

The 82-foot Apollo spacecraft was the entire structure that sat atop the Saturn V launch vehicle (Figure 2). It had five distinct parts: the command module (CM), the service mod-ule (SM), the …

During the course of a project to produce a detailed 3D model of the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, conservators were able to observe and record some hand-written notes and …

The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969. On July 16, 1969, Neil …

For the Apollo spacecraft there are five major manufacturing assemblies: the command module, service module, lunar module, launch escape sub system, and the spacecraft-LM adapter. All …

On 20 July 1969 two astronauts (Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong and LM pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.) landed in Mare Tranquilitatis (the Sea of Tranquility) on the Moon in the …