Definition of Command module

1. Noun. A space module in which astronauts can live and control the spacecraft and communicate with earth.

Generic synonyms: Module

Lexicographical Neighbors of Command Module

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commaless
commalike
command
command-line interpreter
command economies
command economy
command guidance
command key
command language
command line
command line interface
command line interfaces
command lines
command module (current term)
command overhead
command pattern
command patterns
command performance
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command prompt
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commandant
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commanded
commandedness

Literary usage of Command module

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"command module Pilot: William A. Anders (see prime crew, Apollo 8). ... Originally assigned as backup command module pilot on Apollo 13; took over the prime ..."

2. Space Flight: The First Thirty Years (1993)
"After the January 1967 Apollo launch pad fire, the Apollo command module had been ... The Apollo 8 crew rode inside the command module, with no lunar lander ..."

3. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 6 by Ellen Linnihan (2003)
"... 13 nautical miles crew mission lunar command module measles immunity oxygen ... Aquarius faulty Words to Introduce command module disqualified Fra Mauro ..."

4. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"The primary tests concerned separation of the spacecraft, followed by the command module's reentry into Earth's atmosphere. ..."

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