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.

Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar-landing mission.

During Apollo 11, Collins was in charge of the command module Columbia while Armstrong and Aldrin went down to the lunar surface.

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

1 of 3 | The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit. On July 21 ...

Instead, the lunar module rejoined the command module and docked with it. Here, the crews rejoined their colleagues and ride home, before discarding of the lunar module to crash on the Moon's surface.

Commander Jim Lovell remains by the command module awaiting his turn. Credit: NASA ASTRONOMY: Is it true that Jack Swigert and Fred were enamored with taking photos of the lunar farside?

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David ...

Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit while astronauts Schmitt and Eugene A. Cernan, commander, descended in the Lunar ...

Where the astronauts sat in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the Moon affected them.

Apollo 13 was comprised of three main components. The command module housed the crew, acted as a control center and would enable them to return to Earth. The service module supplied oxygen, power ...