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lunar module

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Noun1.lunar modulelunar module - a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

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``As the company that designed and built the original family of Apollo Lunar Modules, and as one of NASA's key partners in helping define the nation's Vision for Space Exploration, we're delighted to partner with the X Prize Foundation to create a forum for new ideas and collaboration that will help return humans to the moon by 2020,'' said Art Stephenson, vice president, space exploration systems for Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector.
Since Apollo 17's Lunar Module Challenger lifted off on December 14, 1972, no human being from any nation has set foot on the moon.
His father, who once worked on the Apollo lunar lander at Grumman Aerospace, would bring him plastic scale Lunar Module models and fighter plane kits from the workplace and the younger Kushner would assemble the intricate parts.
 
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