10/09/2017 · CSM = Command/Service Module, i.e. Command Module (cone) and Service Module (cylinder) joined together. "Command" is where the crew (and commander :-) ) live; "Service" contains the engine which carries astronauts from Earth to Moon and back. LM = Lunar Module, also known as LEM - Lunar Excursion Model, but this acronym was banned because "excursion …

The docking mechanism of the Apollo was a "probe and drogue" system designed to allow the Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) to dock with the Apollo Lunar Module. The same system was later used for the Skylab 2 , Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 CSMs to dock with the Skylab space station , and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project CSM to dock with a Docking Module adapter which …

29/01/2016 · The decision to use lunar orbit rendezvous as the mission mode for Apollo meant that two docked spacecraft — the lunar module (LM) and command service module (CSM) — would arrive at the Moon ...

orbit when the ascent stage of the lunar module docks with the CM. Docking is achieved by maneuvering one of the modules close enough to the other so that a probe on the CM engages a drogue on the LM. In the first docking, the CM is the maneuvering vehicle and the LM the passive one; in the second docking the LM

20/07/2019 · What happened to the Apollo 11 LEM? After docking with the CSM, piloted by Michael Collins, at 21:34:00 UT, the LM was jettisoned into lunar orbit at 00:01:01 UT on 22 July. The fate of the LM is not known, but it is assumed that it crashed into the lunar surface sometime within the following 1 to 4 months.

19/07/2019 · Thankfully, the flaw in the jettison controller had been fixed, and the Service Module posed no risk to the astronaut-carrying Command Module from …

The question should really be, why did Armstrong pilot the Lunar Module (LM) manually, and the autopilot was switched off. According to Tales From The Lunar Module Guidance Computer by Don Eyles, Armstrong and Aldrin never switched places during the LM powered descent and landing phase. Armstrong was on the left side of the LM cockpit where the manual controls …

After this problem, service module engine performance was a joy. This was one area where the crew could not switch to a redundant or backup system; at crucial times during a lunar voyage, the engine simply had to work or they would not get back home. On Apollo 7, there were eight nearly perfect firings out of eight attempts. On the first, the ...

Answer (1 of 2): Urinating and deficating on the Apollo CSM was a complicated affair, although perhaps less embarrassing than doing it on a Gemini mission, which had really tiny cabins. In the case of urinating: > “For urine collection there was a hose with a …

Answer (1 of 5): Short answer, yes there were clamps and umbilicals that ran around the outside of the Command Module to connect it to the Service Module. Nothing went through the heat shield at all. In this NASA image of Apollo 15 you can …