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Apollo Lunar Module

The two-stage lander built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation at Bethpage, New York — the first crewed vehicle designed to operate only in vacuum, and therefore never streamlined…

No recorded place · 1963–1972

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  • is survived via of Apollo 13The Lunar Module Aquarius, designed to sustain two men for two days, supplied power, oxygen, water and propulsion for three men for about four days after the service module failed.
  • is contrasts with of Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle)Apollo carried its lander with it on one rocket; Artemis launches crew and lander separately and mates them in space, which is what frees the programme from Apollo's equatorial landing constraint — and what makes lander readiness the schedule driver.
  • is used vehicle of Apollo 11Lunar Module LM-5, Eagle, carried Armstrong and Aldrin from lunar orbit to the surface and back.
Mission history61 missions · 19592026 · 2 planned
Luna 1 · 1959 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 2 · 1959 · Soviet Union · ImpactorLuna 3 · 1959 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 9 · 1966 · Soviet Union · LanderLuna 10 · 1966 · Soviet Union · OrbiterLuna 13 · 1966 · Soviet Union · LanderZond 5 · 1968 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 16 · 1970 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 17 · Lunokhod 1 · 1970 · Soviet Union · RoverLuna 20 · 1972 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 21 · Lunokhod 2 · 1973 · Soviet Union · RoverLuna 24 · 1976 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 25 · 2023 · RU · LanderRanger 7 · 1964 · United States · ImpactorRanger 8 · 1965 · United States · ImpactorRanger 9 · 1965 · United States · ImpactorSurveyor 1 · 1966 · United States · LanderSurveyor 3 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 5 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 6 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 7 · 1968 · United States · LanderLunar Orbiter 1 · 1966 · United States · OrbiterApollo 8 · 1968 · United States · Crewed orbitApollo 11 · 1969 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 12 · 1969 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 13 · 1970 · United States · Crewed orbitApollo 14 · 1971 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 15 · 1971 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 16 · 1972 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 17 · 1972 · United States · Crewed landingClementine · 1994 · United States · OrbiterLunar Prospector · 1998 · United States · OrbiterLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter · 2009 · United States · OrbiterLCROSS · 2009 · United States · ImpactorGRAIL (Ebb and Flow) · 2012 · United States · OrbiterLADEE · 2013 · United States · OrbiterCAPSTONE · 2022 · United States · Technology demonstratorArtemis I · 2022 · United States · OrbiterArtemis II · 2026 · United States · Crewed orbitPeregrine Mission One · 2024 · United States · LanderIM-1 Odysseus · 2024 · United States · LanderBlue Ghost Mission 1 · 2025 · United States · LanderIM-2 Athena · 2025 · United States · LanderSMART-1 · 2004 · EU · OrbiterHiten · 1990 · JP · Technology demonstratorKaguya (SELENE) · 2007 · JP · OrbiterSLIM · 2024 · JP · LanderHakuto-R Mission 1 · 2023 · JP · LanderChang’e 1 · 2007 · CN · OrbiterChang’e 2 · 2010 · CN · OrbiterChang’e 3 · Yutu · 2013 · CN · RoverChang’e 4 · Yutu-2 · 2019 · CN · RoverChang’e 5 · 2020 · CN · Sample returnChang’e 6 · 2024 · CN · Sample returnChandrayaan-1 · 2008 · IN · OrbiterChandrayaan-2 · 2019 · IN · OrbiterChandrayaan-3 · Vikram and Pragyan · 2023 · IN · RoverDanuri (KPLO) · 2022 · KR · OrbiterBeresheet · 2019 · IL · LanderArtemis III · planned · United States · PlannedArtemis IV · planned · United States · Planned

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