Definition of Lunar excursion module

1. Noun. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.

Exact synonyms: Lem, Lunar Module
Generic synonyms: Ballistic Capsule, Space Vehicle, Spacecraft

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunar Excursion Module

lums
luna
luna moth
lunacies
lunacy
lunanaut
lunanauts
lunar
lunar calendar
lunar cataclysm
lunar caustic
lunar crater
lunar day
lunar eclipse
lunar eclipses
lunar excursion module (current term)
lunar latitude
lunar module
lunar modules
lunar month
lunar occultation
lunar periodicity
lunar phase
lunar time period
lunar year
lunar years
lunare
lunarian
lunarians
lunaries

Literary usage of Lunar excursion module

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"MSC, "Project Apollo lunar excursion module Development Statement of Work," July 24,1962, pp. 2, A-107-109. 33. MSC, "Project Apollo Quarterly Status Report ..."

2. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"If there had been trouble with the command module or with the lunar excursion module, it would have been possible to have found a fix on it in a matter of ..."

3. Statistical Abstract of the United States by United States. Bureau of the Census, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (1879)
"1 2 earth and 10 lunar orbits, 70 statute miles above the moon. respectively; for the lunar excursion module, 9.7 and 219.8 miles. ..."

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