A model of the Apollo spacecraft

A model of the Apollo spacecraft. The Apollo spacecraft consisted of three parts designed to achieve the goal of the American Apollo program of landing astronauts on the Moon by the end of the 1960s and their safe return to Earth. The ship consisted of a combined command and service module and a lunar module. The project was based on an approach to lunar orbit rendezvous: two docked spacecraft were sent to the moon and entered lunar orbit. While the lunar module separated and landed, the command and service module remained in orbit. After the lunar excursion, the two ships met and docked in lunar orbit, and the command and service module returned the crew to Earth. The command module is the only part of the ship that returned with the crew to the surface of the Earth. The model of the Apollo spacecraft consists of a command and service module and a lunar module. Specifications: Fully shared modules: - Command module - Service module  - Descent stage - Fully retractable landing gea