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Definition of Lunar excursion module
1. Noun. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunar Excursion Module
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. ..."