The command module performed so well that NASA felt confident in making a bold move — sending Apollo 8 all the way around the moon in December. Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbit test of the lunar module.

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 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 ...

Jim Lovell, the commander of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97.

A closer look at the Columbia command module The only returning piece of equipment from the original journey to the moon is on display at the “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission” exhibit at the ...

In 1969, ABC built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface.

The command module pilot—the crewmember who didn't walk on the moon—recalls his role 50 years ago as 'the ticket home for Neil and Buzz.' ...

Fifty years ago, when the Apollo 13 command module appeared dangling beneath chutes in the skies above the Pacific, millions shared an almost planet-wide sigh of relief.

Jack Swigert was an expert pilot and NASA astronaut most famous for his role as command module pilot for Apollo 13.