command module

command module

(moj -ool) (CM) See Apollo.

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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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