Apollo Lunar and Command Module Names

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As promised, here's the names of the Apollo Lunar and Command Modules, from Apollo 11 through Apollo 17, along with their landing date on the Moon (except for Apollo 13):


Mission Lunar Module Command Module Date Landed

Apollo 11 Eagle Columbia July 20, 1969

Apollo 12 Intrepid Yankee Clipper November 14, 1969

Apollo 13 Aquarius Odyssey No landing; fly-by April 13, 1970

Apollo 14 Antares Kitty Hawk January 31, 1971

Apollo 15 Falcon Endeavour July 30, 1971

Apollo 16 Orion Casper April 20, 1972

Apollo 17 Challenger America December 11, 1972


Check the link for additional information about each of the flights from Apollo 7 – Apollo 17:

http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/index.html


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[Senmut]

Does anyone recall the previous ones? Apollo 10 was Charlie Brown/Snoopy . Does anyone know what the Apollo One names were? That was the ship that burned on the launch pad, and killed Grissom, White, and Chaffee.

[thomas7g]

btw- you can use the code feature fr making tables. All letters are evenly spaced and multiple spaces don't evaporate!

Personally I liked Gumdrop and Spider for my I believe Apollo 8?

[Senmut]

Hhmm???

[gmd3d]

Why are you dragging this thread back up and saying nothing to boot.???

[Senmut]

See my post, two posts back. #2.
No one ever answered it.

[gmd3d]

yeah I´v seen it, 2003. even before my time here
I would think that if you have not received an answer in 9 years, no one knows or cares.

all I could find myself is the crew Grissom, White, and Chaffee called their module Apollo 1 and that was it.

[Senmut]

Hey, I'm just a necrophile!!!!

[gmd3d]

far enough lol

[BST]

See my post, two posts back. #2.
No one ever answered it.

Tom answered the question on July 9, 2003 but, he was off by 1 mission. The Command and Lunar Module names for Apollo 9 were Gumdrop and Spider, respectively.

There were no other "names" given to the prior missions other than "generic" ones:

Mission name ----- Apollo 1
Command Module---CM-012
Service Module---SM-012


Due to the tragic accident which killed Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee, the mission name of Apollo 1 was officially retired.

However, prior to Apollo 1, there were 3 test flights of the Saturn 1-B rocket, known as AS-201, 202, 203 that were done as part of the Apollo program. (Apollo 1 was also known as AS-204.)


There were no flights designated as Apollo 2 or Apollo 3 and the "official" designation of numbers following Apollo, began with Apollo 4.

Mission name------Apollo 4
Command Module---CM-017
Service Module---SM-017
Lunar Module---LTA-10R (dummy)

Mission name------Apollo 5
Lunar Module---LM-1

Mission name-----Apollo 6
Command Module---CM-020
Service Module---SM-014
Lunar Module---LTA-2R (dummy)

Mission name-----Apollo 7
Command Module---CM-101
Service Module---SM-101

Mission name-----Apollo 8
Command Module---CM-103
Service Module---SM-103
Lunar Module---
Ballast: LM Test Article B

[Senmut]

Ah. That explains it!