command module
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Its office features a replica of the Apollo 11 command module and an authentic Enigma encryption machine from 1943—the German device cracked by Allied codebreakers including celebrated British mathematician Alan Turing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
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 ● May 19, 2025
In Downey, North American Aviation built the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed astronauts on the moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
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 ● Nov. 3, 2023
The only problem with this rearrangement was a rule which said no rookie could stay in the command module by himself.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
