The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar-landing mission. This Command Module, no. 107, manufactured by North ...

The Service Module contained the main spacecraft propulsion system and consumables while the Lunar Module was the two-person craft used by Armstrong and Aldrin to descend to the Moon's surface on July ...

Three former Apollo-era flight controllers and engineers discussed the design and development of the lunar module, and how it operated during the Apollo 11 Moon landing. This panel was part of an ...

The Apollo 11 lunar module traveled through space after being propelled toward the moon by a powerful rocket. Astronauts made the journey in a different, attached module − called the command module.

The lunar module came to within 8 and a half miles of the lunar surface during practice maneuvers. Here: The Apollo 10 Command Module orbiting the moon, May 1969.

Once the mission was complete, the top portion of the lunar lander would leave the moon, return to lunar orbit, and rendezvous with the command/service module; it would be jettisoned into Earth ...

Four former Apollo-era flight controllers and engineers discussed the lunar module landing operations during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. This panel was part of an event hosted by Space ...

The Apollo Command Service Module served as a home away from home en route to the Moon and safely returned every last astronaut back to Earth.

The lunar module is being approached by the command and service module for the final rendezvous of the Apollo 16 mission.

The lunar module also was tested to determine whether it could rendezvous and dock with the Command Service Module again, as required for the first crewed lunar landing.

On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9 mission to test the first crewed Lunar Module spacecraft that would pave the way for future moon landings. See how the mission worked in photos here.