The LM pilot is the person who pilots the Lunar Module, the mini-space ship that lands on the Moon. "LM" = Lunar Module.
Neil Armstrong, Commander Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin", Lunar Module (LM or LEM) Pilot Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) Pilot
Lunar Module (LM) pilot Buzz Aldrin spoke first as the LM settled in the dust. He gave this status report: "Contact light! OK; engine stop. A-see ay out of detent. Mode control both auto. Descent engine command override off. Engine arm off. Four-thirteen is 'IN'... " As Pilot Aldrin gave his report, Armstrong repeated these comments: "Shutdown. Out of detent, auto ..." and then he said "Engine arm is off." This all took place inside the LM while it was on the moon and well before Armstrong actually left the module. For those of us listening on the radios in our schools at the time, those are the words we remember well. Not the often quoted "one small step for man"
The LM had an antenna array that could beam signals to Earth. When the astronauts were out on EVA, their suits had radios which beamed signals to the LM, which in turn sent the signals to Earth. The LM acted as relay between the Earth and the suit radios.
Every manned Apollo mission carried a crew of three. For Apollos 7-17, they had the titles of Commander (CDR), Command Module Pilot (CMP) and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP). The Commander and Lunar Module Pilot flew the Lunar Module while the Command Module Pilot remained in the Command Module. "Lunar Module Pilot" was somewhat of a misnomer as the Commander actually piloted the LM while the LMP acted as a flight engineer on both the Command Module and Lunar Module. The Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz missions did not have a lunar module so the third crewmember had a different title (Science Pilot or Docking Module Pilot, respectively). The Apollo 11 crew consisted of CDR Neil Alden Armstrong, CMP Michael Collins and LMP Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon while Collins remained in lunar orbit.
Buzz Aldrin though the year 1968 had debated who should climb out of the LM (Lunar Module) first based off of the tradition from Geminii that the Pilot would climb out of the vehicle for a EVA (extra-vehicluar activity). In the spring of 1969 Deke Slayton and other NASA officials made the desicion and Neil Amrstrong and Buzz Aldrin were then told. Due to the design of LM the door opened so that the commander was to be the first man to step of of the LM. This design had been made by the engineers at Grumman and was completely random. This is why Neil Armstrong was the first man out on the moon and not Buzz Aldrin.And Armstrong is the one who step on the moon first.
Apollo 11: Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, LM pilot; Michael Collins, CM pilot. Apollo 12: Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, commander; Alan L. Bean, LM pilot; Richard F. "Dick" Gordon, CM pilot. Apollo 13 (did not land): James A. "Jim" Lovell, commander; Fred W. Haise, LM pilot; John L. "Jack" Swigert, CM pilot. Apollo 14: Alan B. Shepard, commander; Edgar D. Mitchell, LM pilot; Stuart A. Roosa, CM pilot. Apollo 15: David R. Scott, commander; James B. "Jim" Irwin, LM pilot; Al Worden, CM pilot. Apollo 16: John W. Young, commander; Charles M. "Charlie" Duke, LM pilot; T. Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly, CM pilot. Apollo 17: Eugene A. "Gene" Cernan, commander; Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt, LM pilot; Ronald E. "Ron" Evans, CM pilot.
Apollo 9 (March 3rd, 1969) Crew: James A. McDivitt, commander; Russell Schweickart, LM pilot; David R. Scott, CM pilot. Apollo 10 (May 18th, 1969) Crew: Thomas P. Stafford, commander; Eugene A. Cernan, LM pilot; John W. Young, CM pilot. Apollo 11 (July 16th, 1969) Crew: Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, LM pilot; Michael Collins, CM pilot. Apollo 12 (November 14th, 1969) Crew: Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, commander; Alan L. Bean, LM pilot; Richard F. "Dick" Gordon, CM pilot.
John Watts Young, commander; Charles Moss "Charlie" Duke, LM pilot; Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly, CM pilot
Neil Armstrong, Commander Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin", Lunar Module (LM or LEM) Pilot Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) Pilot
what is IS-LM?
The entire crew of 3 --James A. Lovell, CM PilotJohn L. "Jack" SwigertFred W. Haise., LM pilot
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LM is a manufacturer's code--all LM chips were made by National Semiconductor. Similarly, SN chips were made by Texas Instruments.
New LM was created in 1976.
LM stands for "Linear Monolithic"
linear monolithic
Linear mode