command module

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It should have been a routine procedure but the command module, Odyssey, shuddered.

From BBC

For her 16th, Joel takes her to a science museum, where she lives out her dream of going to space by climbing inside the Apollo 15 command module.

From Salon

In Downey, North American Aviation built the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed astronauts on the moon.

From Los Angeles Times

However, his own first spaceflight only came in 1972 when he orbited the moon as pilot of the Apollo 16 command module, while two other crew members landed on the moon’s surface.

From Seattle Times

Two days after takeoff, an oxygen tank exploded, and the command module, Odyssey, began losing power.

From Seattle Times