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The Apollo spacecraft is a complex transportation system designed for ... quarters and returns to Earth; the Service Module, which provides power and propulsion; and the Lunar Module, which ...

North American Aviation (NAA) was the prime contractor for the Apollo Command and Service ... would be able to fire the rescue CSM's Service Propulsion System (SPS) main engine to achieve an ...

The service module contained the main propulsion system, and the third critical piece to Apollo 11 was Eagle, or the lunar module, which separated from Columbia to bring Armstrong and Aldrin to ...

Only July 17, the first thrust maneuver using Apollo's Service Propulsion System (SPS ... On July 20, the Eagle (lunar module) undocked from the Columbia (command and service module), made ...

He also noted that previous Apollo lunar missions had followed a "free-return" path that would enable them to loop behind the moon and fall back to Earth if their CSM's Service Propulsion System ...

Its function is similar to that of the Apollo Service Module ... very helpful to better understand and operate our service module propulsion system," says Jim Withrow, project manager for the ...