Apollo Lunar Module

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NASA spacecraft lunar lander spacecraft

The Apollo Lunar Module was the two-stage spacecraft used by NASA during the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon and return them to lunar orbit.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apollo lunar module	2
Apollo 13 Lunar Module Aquarius	1
Apollo Lunar Module Falcon	1
Apollo Lunar Module Intrepid	1
Lunar Excursion Module	1
Lunar Module Orion	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA spacecraft ⓘ lunar lander ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ
abbreviation	LM ⓘ
alternateName	Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ surface form: Lunar Excursion Module
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewCapacity	2 astronauts ⓘ
crewCompartmentPressure	pure oxygen atmosphere ⓘ
design	two-stage configuration ⓘ
designedForAtmosphericFlight	no ⓘ
developmentStart	early 1960s ⓘ
dockingInterface	Apollo command and service module ⓘ surface form: Apollo Command and Service Module
earlierAbbreviation	LEM ⓘ
firstCrewedFlight	Apollo 9 ⓘ
firstLunarLandingMission	Apollo 11 ⓘ
guidanceSystem	Apollo Guidance Computer ⓘ
hasPart	ascent stage ⓘ descent stage ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first crewed vehicle to land humans on another celestial body ⓘ
landingGear	four-legged landing gear with crushable honeycomb ⓘ
launchVehicle	Saturn V ⓘ
manufacturer	Grumman ⓘ surface form: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
missionDurationCapability	about 75 hours on lunar surface ⓘ
museumExhibit	Cradle of Aviation Museum ⓘ surface form: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Long Island National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableMission	Apollo 11 ⓘ Apollo 12 ⓘ Apollo 13 ⓘ Apollo 14 ⓘ Apollo 15 ⓘ Apollo 16 ⓘ Apollo 17 ⓘ
numberBuilt	13 flight-ready vehicles ⓘ
numberFlownToMoon	10 ⓘ
numberLandedOnMoon	6 ⓘ
operationalEnvironment	vacuum only ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
powerSource	batteries ⓘ
primaryFunction	ascent from Moon to lunar orbit ⓘ crew lunar landing ⓘ
program	Apollo program ⓘ
propulsionType	hypergolic rocket engines ⓘ
roleInApollo13	lifeboat for crew survival ⓘ
shape	faceted, non-aerodynamic structure ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successor	none (program cancelled after Apollo) ⓘ
usedFor	Apollo program ⓘ surface form: Apollo crewed lunar missions Moon landing ⓘ lunar orbit rendezvous ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo Lunar Module → alternateName → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lunar Excursion Module

Saturn V → carriedSpacecraft → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

Lost Moon → depictsSpacecraft → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 13 Lunar Module Aquarius

Apollo 13 → depictsTechnology → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo lunar module

Apollo 12 → lunarModule → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo Lunar Module Intrepid

Apollo 16 → lunarModule → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lunar Module Orion

Apollo 15 → spacecraft → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo Lunar Module Falcon

Apollo program → spacecraftType → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

Apollo astronauts → usedSpacecraft → Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo lunar module