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

China completed the Tiangong space station in November with the third of three modules, centered on the Tianhe living and command module.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2023

But this last step, with its complicated dance between the Moon and the lander and the waiting command module, was the most complicated.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly