How to Use command module in a Sentence

command module

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Definition of command modulenext
  • The crew then closed the hatch and the command module returned to Earth.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2021
  • Someone had to stay in the command module, 60 miles above the barren surface of the Moon.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Collins waited on the other side of the moon from the comfort of the command module that would take all three men home.
    — Scottie Andrew and Brian Ries, CNN, 19 July 2019
  • But a man with that name was already sitting in the command module next to Wilmore.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2021
  • While Armstrong and Aldrin are on the surface, the skipper of the command module will wait for them in orbit around the Moon.
    — Houston Chronicle, 21 July 2019
  • Too low, and the (command module) could flip over, pointed end facing down, and would burn up.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 July 2019
  • With the post-fire changes to the command module, Low felt like the capsule was coming together.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 July 2019
  • But the lunar lander, docked to the command module, was intact.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Sunday is the last day to catch a glimpse of the Apollo 11 command module at Space Center Houston.
    — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Buzz’’ Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command module.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
  • Then, there were full-scale models of the command module and of the combined command and service modules.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018
  • Like the Eagle, the command module had only one main engine.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 16 July 2019
  • The next time the crew saw the command module and lunar module equipment was in the altitude chambers.
    — Kathryn Tully, Smithsonian, 1 Apr. 2012
  • But three hours into the test flight, a fire swept through the launchpad's command module, trapping and killing the astronauts.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 4 June 2022
  • The power-up was required to get the command module ready to bring the astronauts through the last leg of the mission, through the atmosphere to a splashdown.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • He was supposed to be command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first manned flight to circle the moon, but was bumped because of a bone spur in his neck.
    — Washington Post, 13 July 2019
  • On the third day of the mission, an onboard explosion knocked out power and oxygen in the command module.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Collins spent the eight-day mission piloting the command module.
    — Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Collins spent the eight-day mission piloting the command module,.
    — Jessica Gresko, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon.
    — Christine Herman, Scientific American, 20 July 2019
  • The crew-carrying command modules will also use the same style of heat shield used by the Apollo missions to get crews safely back to Earth.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2017
  • Data measured by the Q-ball was fed into the command module's computer for the crew to see, and was also part of the telemetry sent to controllers on the ground.
    — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Soon, maneuvering back up to the command module and docking, the crew of three was together again.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2017
  • But Duke and Young’s trip to the surface was delayed by six hours when an engine problem was detected on the command module.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022
  • There were big problems with the design of the lunar lander, which also acted as a lifeboat in case something went wrong with the command module.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2018
  • Fingernail-sized latches on the docking probe used to connect the command module to the lunar module failed to catch, and the two spacecraft were unable to dock.
    — Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The Apollo 10 lunar module was named Snoopy and its command module Charlie Brown.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Coverage extended from the time the men entered the command module during the space flight and through the recovery of the lunar capsule.
    — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 20 July 2019
  • Gordon famously served as a command module pilot on the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Astronauts made the journey in a different, attached module − called the command module.
    — Kim Breen, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024

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