lunar module

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He and John Young landed on the moon in 1972 in a lunar module that was known as Orion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Haise and Lovell worked frantically to boot up the lunar module, Aquarius.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

They need a kid to test an “accidentally smaller version” of the lunar module immediately, and so Stan is sworn to secrecy as he prepares for space.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024

The flagpole was long-since empty, but he could make out the pyramid shape of the Eagle, the lunar module that landed in 1969.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2023

For example, before anyone could fly a lunar module, he had to have several hundred hours of practice in a helicopter.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins