lunar module

American  

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. LM

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lunar module British  

noun

1. the module used to carry two of the three astronauts on an Apollo spacecraft to the surface of the moon and back to the spacecraft

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Etymology

Origin of lunar module

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

He and John Young landed on the moon in 1972 in a lunar module that was known as Orion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Haise and Lovell worked frantically to boot up the lunar module, Aquarius.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Cooper was a surface operations engineer, helping guide the lunar module.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

The flagpole was long-since empty, but he could make out the pyramid shape of the Eagle, the lunar module that landed in 1969.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2023

RIGHT: NASA’s lunar module Eagle and Apollo astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on the Moon.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

Related Words

• capsule
• spacecraft
• spaceship