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command module

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command module [kə′mand ‚mäj·ül]
(aerospace engineering)
The spacecraft module that carries the crew, the main communication and telemetry equipment, and the reentry capsule during cruising flight.


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The gold-like tape, coated with aluminium and oxidised silicon monoxide, helped protect the command module.
Coated with aluminium and oxidised silicon monoxide, it protected the command module during its re-entry into the earth's atmosphere on July 24 1969.
Tremblay said, and the closed-circuit TV monitor transmitted a picture of the command module hatch window filled with bright flames.
 
 
 
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