Service Module
spacecraft
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use in Apollo program
- In Apollo
The service module (SM) was attached to the back of the CM and carried its fuel and power to form the command/service module (CSM). Docked to the front of the CSM was the lunar module (LM). One astronaut stayed in the CSM while the other two…
Read More - In space exploration: The American commitment
A Service Module would carry various equipment and the rocket engine needed to guide the spacecraft into lunar orbit and then send it back to Earth. A Lunar Module, comprising a descent stage and an ascent stage, would carry two people from lunar orbit to the…
Read More - In Moon: Mission results
…mission the Moon-orbiting Command and Service modules carried cameras and remote-sensing instruments for gathering compositional information.
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