lunar module

noun

: a space vehicle module designed to carry astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back

called also lunar excursion module

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Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module pilot Jack Swigert and lunar module pilot Fred Haise. —

Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024 The panel, which is still affixed to the lunar module’s descent stage on the moon’s surface, includes two depictions of Earth, capturing its Western and Eastern Hemispheres. —

Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024 But by the time viewers' televisions were off hours later, Armstrong and Aldrin were ready to rocket off the Moon in the lunar module Eagle to join astronaut Michael Collins in the orbiting command module Columbia for the trip back to Earth. —

Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 19 July 2024 The sound stage is rendered convincingly; the mock-up of the lunar module is gorgeously authentic-looking; and the cables under which the actors-astronauts bounce to simulate the moon’s one-sixth gravity indeed give them the kangaroo-hop that was the signature gait of the actual moon walkers. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for lunar module