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As the module reenters earth's atmosphere the leading edge where the heat sheid is located gets very hot, red hot in fact. The ehat shield keeps the heat from penetrating the module to protect the electronic gear and passengers from the extreme heat. If the heat shield were not used the module would literally melt on reentry.
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What does the Apollo 11 look like?
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight that consisted of a command module and a lunar module. The command module was conical, with a heat shield at its base for reentry. The lunar module had two stages - ascent and descent - and had four landing legs. The entire spacecraft was silver and white in color.
What is the Apollo 11 made of?
The Apollo 11 spacecraft was composed of multiple modules: command module (made of aluminum alloy), service module (made of aluminum alloy), and lunar module (made of aluminum alloy, stainless steel, and titanium). The exterior was covered in a heat shield made of ablative material to protect against reentry heat.
What was the name of the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft of 1969?
The Command Module was called Columbia ( the lunar module was named Eagle.)
What was the name of the command module?
The command module of the Apollo 11 mission was named "Columbia."
What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module?
The Apollo 13 Command Module was 'Odyssey' . Aquarius was the Lunar lander.
What does the Apollo 11 look like?
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight that consisted of a command module and a lunar module. The command module was conical, with a heat shield at its base for reentry. The lunar module had two stages - ascent and descent - and had four landing legs. The entire spacecraft was silver and white in color.
What is the Apollo 11 made of?
The Apollo 11 spacecraft was composed of multiple modules: command module (made of aluminum alloy), service module (made of aluminum alloy), and lunar module (made of aluminum alloy, stainless steel, and titanium). The exterior was covered in a heat shield made of ablative material to protect against reentry heat.
What was the name of the command module from when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon?
The landing module was the Eagle. The command module was the Colombia.
What is the command module in Apollo 13?
The command module for Apollo 13 was called Aquarius. The lunar module was called Aquarius.
What was the name of the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft of 1969?
The Command Module was called Columbia ( the lunar module was named Eagle.)
What was the name of the command module?
The command module of the Apollo 11 mission was named "Columbia."
What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module?
The Apollo 13 Command Module was 'Odyssey' . Aquarius was the Lunar lander.
What was the craft neil Armstrong traveled in to the moon?
There was two parts, the command module and the lunar module. The command module was used to take them to Lunar orbit, and then the Lunar module was used to land them on the Moon. The Lunar module then lifted the astronauts off the Moon and into Lunar orbit. They then docked with the command module and then got rid of the lunar module. Then the final trip home, they were safely inside the command module.
What are the two parts of the Apollo 13?
The two main parts of the Apollo 13 spacecraft were the Command Module (nicknamed "Odyssey") and the Lunar Module (nicknamed "Aquarius"). The Command Module was used for reentry into Earth's atmosphere, while the Lunar Module was used as a lifeboat after an oxygen tank explosion damaged the Command Module.
How many spaceship was used by astronauts for landing on moon?
Essentially two. The first is the CSM, or the Command Service Module, which was actually a stack of two components, the Command Module and the Service Module (the SM held all the technical and life-support systems and was not available for human occupation). The other was the LM, or Lunar Module, which is the spacecraft that ferried two of the crew down to the moon's surface and back. Once the crew was back aboard the CSM after their mission the LM was jettisoned and allowed to crash into the moon. When the crew was back in orbit around the Earth, the Service Module portion of the CSM stack was jettisoned, exposing the heat shield on the Command Module. The SMs burned up in the Earth's atmosphere while the CMs transported the crew back to the Earth safely.
What was the name of the Apollo 11 Command Module?
The Apollo 11 Command Module was named "Columbia."
How did Apollo return to earth from the moon?
The Lunar Module (LM) lifted off from the moon's surface and docked with the orbiting Command Module. They then jettisoned the LM, fired up the rocket on the Service Module (connected to the CM) and coasted back home. Once they go to the Earth they jettisoned the SM, exposing the heat shield on the bottom of the CM and entered the atmosphere, landing in the ocean where they were picked up by helicopter and flown to a Navy ship.
