command module
noun
: a space vehicle module designed to carry the crew, the chief communication equipment, and the equipment for reentry
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Unlike the Apollo command module, for instance, the Orion capsule doesn’t come with a lander. 
Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2022 It is being sold alongside the felt-tip pen that the latter improvised with to ignite the engine and return to the orbiting Columbia command module. CNN, 19 July 2022 Arturo Campos was one of the key people who made sure the command module’s electrical system could bring the astronauts home safely, because of the damage. Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 31 July 2022 Collins — the mission's command module pilot — remained in orbit as Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon's surface. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2022 Seedhouse says the options include either ablative materials, like those that burned off of the Apollo command module, or a tile system like the one used during the shuttle program. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2022 Michael Collins circled above in the command module. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022 Connor is honoring Ohio’s air and space legacy, taking up a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers’ 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta. Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2022 Connor is honoring Ohio’s air and space legacy, is bringing along a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers’ 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta. Marcia Dunn, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022 See More
Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2022 It is being sold alongside the felt-tip pen that the latter improvised with to ignite the engine and return to the orbiting Columbia command module. CNN, 19 July 2022 Arturo Campos was one of the key people who made sure the command module’s electrical system could bring the astronauts home safely, because of the damage. Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 31 July 2022 Collins — the mission's command module pilot — remained in orbit as Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon's surface. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2022 Seedhouse says the options include either ablative materials, like those that burned off of the Apollo command module, or a tile system like the one used during the shuttle program. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2022 Michael Collins circled above in the command module. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022 Connor is honoring Ohio’s air and space legacy, taking up a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers’ 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta. Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2022 Connor is honoring Ohio’s air and space legacy, is bringing along a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers’ 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta. Marcia Dunn, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above