Mating Apollo Command Module to the Service Module

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Title

Mating Apollo Command Module to the Service Module

Alternative Title

Mating Apollo Command Module to Service Module

Subject

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Apollo Project (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)

Description

An early mating of a test Apollo Command Module to the Service Module in Hangar AF in the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) industrial area. The Apollo Command Module was the crew cabin for the Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM). The CSM, along with the Lunar Module (LM), was a spacecraft used during Project Apollo to land astronauts on the moon. It was used in nine manned space flights to the Moon aboard the Saturn V.

Source

Original color photographic print, March 4, 1964: Larry Summers Collection.

Date Created

1964-03-04

Contributor

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original color photographic print, March 4, 1964.

Is Part Of

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Extent

29.5 KB

Medium

1 color photographic print

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Florida Space Coast History Project and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Curator

Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

"Contracting for the Command Module." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/ch2-5.html.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

2 black and white photographic prints

Citation

“Mating Apollo Command Module to the Service Module,” RICHES, accessed April 26, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5875.

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