command module

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With the command module’s electrical system failing, the three astronauts moved to the smaller lunar module, a fragile craft built for only two.

From Washington Post

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon eschews the famous maze of manual controls and switches found on retired spacecraft like the Space Shuttle or the Apollo command modules.

From The Verge

As command module pilot, Swigert had trained to photograph the natural satellite from high above, including using a new large-format topographic camera that had not been flown before.

From Scientific American

They immediately ordered the command module Odyssey shut down to conserve what little power remained, and the astronauts to move into the lunar module Aquarius, now a lifeboat.

From Washington Times

After his colleagues returned to the command module, Mr. Worden embarked on his planned spacewalk, a kind of deep-space ballet in which he removed two 80-pound film cassettes from outside the spacecraft.

From Washington Post