Apollo 15

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Command Module

Satellites were not the only vehicles to enter space. Exploration of the moon set a new goal for the world powers. And it did not end with putting a man on the moon. Tests and observations of the moon continued. This Apollo 15 Command Module, Endeavor, was the fourth of the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the moon. It made its flight in 1971, taking four days to get to the moon and spending almost three days there. The crew conducted experiments and took photographs. The Apollo spacecraft had three major components: the command module, the service module and the lunar module. The service module carried equipment, as well as containing support and propulsion systems; the two crewmen traveled to the moon's surface in the lunar module. They returned to earth in the command module. It measures about 10 1/2 feet high and less than 13 feet in diameter. We read that the size inside is about the same as a minivan - it's hard to imagine traveling through outer space in that!