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

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

The crew aborted the planned moon landing and took refuge in the lunar module, Aquarius, using it for the journey back to Earth.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Then there was a huge computer, which figured out things like how far away from the earth or the lunar module we might be at any time in our imaginary flight.

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