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PRONUNCIATION OF LUNAR MODULE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUNAR MODULE

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Lunar module is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LUNAR MODULE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lunar module

Apollo Lunar Module

The Apollo Lunar Module, also known as the Lunar Excursion Module, was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft built for the US Apollo program by Grumman to carry a crew of two from lunar orbit to the surface and back. Six such craft successfully landed on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. The LM, consisting of an ascent stage and descent stage, was ferried to lunar orbit by its companion Command/Service Module, a separate spacecraft of approximately twice its mass, which also took the astronauts home to Earth. After completing its mission, the LM was discarded. It was capable of operation only in outer space, structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through the Earth's atmosphere. Its development was plagued with problems which delayed its first unmanned flight by about ten months, and its first manned flight by about three months. Despite this, the LM eventually became the most reliable component of the Apollo/Saturn system, the only one never to...

Definition of lunar module in the English dictionary

The definition of lunar module in the dictionary is the module used to carry two of the three astronauts on an Apollo spacecraft to the surface of the moon and back to the spacecraft.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUNAR MODULE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LUNAR MODULE

amygdule
classification schedule
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manganese nodule
module
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pendule
plastidule
preschedule
repayment schedule
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service module

Synonyms and antonyms of lunar module in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lunar module» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUNAR MODULE

Find out the translation of lunar module to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lunar module from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lunar module» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

登月舱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

módulo lunar
570 millions of speakers

English

lunar module
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चंद्र मॉड्यूल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المركبة القمرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лунный модуль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

módulo lunar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চন্দ্র মডিউল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

module lunaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Modul lunar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mondfähre
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

月着陸船
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

달 착륙선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Modul lunar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

module mặt trăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சந்திர மண்டலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चंद्राचा मॉड्यूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ay modülü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

modulo lunare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moduł księżycowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

місячний модуль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

modulul lunar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεληνιακή ενότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maan module
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

månlandaren
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

månelandingsmodulen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lunar module

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNAR MODULE»

The term «lunar module» is regularly used and occupies the 77.005 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lunar module

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUNAR MODULE»

Discover the use of lunar module in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lunar module and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module
This is a first hand account of designing, building, testing and flying the first Apollo lunar module by the engineer on the project, Thomas Kelly.
Thomas J. Kelly, 2009
2
Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module
This is the first publication to chronicle the visual history of the design, construction, and launch of the lunar module-one of the most historic machines in all of human history.
Joshua Stoff, 2004
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Virtual LM: a pictorial essay of the engineering and ...
A pictorial history of the lunar module developed during the Apollo programs offers color photographs and diagrams of everything from switches and panels to the entire module, along with additional text, an operations handbook, activation ...
Scott P. Sullivan, 2004
4
How Apollo Flew to the Moon
From launch to splashdown, this book tells the exciting story of the Apollo flights to the Moon.
W. David Woods, 2011
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Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar ...
106 and lunar module LM-4, with Tom Stafford and his crew aboard, toward the moon on a near-perfect trajectory— one designed to deflecate the path to be taken by the first landing mission. Indicative of the pace of the program in early 1969, ...
William D. Compton, 1996
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Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook
PI 1.7: To demonstrate reaction control system translation and attitude control of the staged lunar module using automatic and manual primary guidance and navigation control system controls. Achieved. 8. PI 1.10: To obtain data to verify ...
Richard W. Orloff, David M. Harland, 2006
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Space Exploration
Four days later, Aldrin and Armstrong left Collins orbiting the moon whilst they manoeuvred a lunar module towards the moon's surface. It was 20:17 hours GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong 10. T0. T0. T0. T0 .
Sandy Tasker, 2004
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Lunar and Planetary Rovers: The Wheels of Apollo and the ...
Less than ten minutes after this second and final third-stage burn, the astronauts prepared for Lunar Module extraction. Mattingly performed the command that released the Command and Service Module (CSM) from the Spacecraft Lunar ...
Anthony Young, 2007
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Lem Lunar Excursion Module Familiarization Manual
Originally created for NASA by Grumman in 1964, this LEM Familiarization Manual provides an operational description of all subsystems and major components of the lunar lander.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co., 2011
10
Project Apollo: The Tough Decisions
It was the first test of the Lunar Module with astronauts in space. The astronauts first flew in the Command Module for several days, performing housekeeping and separating from the third stage to redock cheek to jowl with the Lunar Module.
Robert C. Seamans

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUNAR MODULE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lunar module is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smithsonian tries Kickstarter: Help us preserve Armstrong's …
US-Smithsonian_CNNPH_2.png Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface ... «CNN, Jul 15»
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Private rockets will lower cost of moon, Mars missions, study says …
... Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders as the first humans ever to another celestial body. The mission ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
The Donald undone? | Fox News
The next day, at 1:46 p.m., the lunar module Eagle, manned by Armstrong and [Edwin Aldrin Jr.,] separated from the command module, where ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Today in History - Helena Independent Record
... Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module. «Helena Independent Record, Jul 15»
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evidence of McCook's role in historical events - McCook Daily Gazette
... first that the astronauts had landed safely, and then to watch fuzzy video of Neil Armstrong climbing down the ladder of his lunar module. «McCook Daily Gazette, Jul 15»
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07 20 history - Rapid City Journal
... Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module. «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
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Daily almanac | The Columbus Dispatch
... (above) and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Crowdfunding project aims to save Neil Armstrong's spacesuit
In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong steps down from the lunar module lander and becomes the first man to set ... «Fairfield Citizen, Jul 15»
9
Our SpaceFlight Heritage: Apollo 11's fading light - SpaceFlight Insider
Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first to do so when their Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LEM) Eagle ... «SpaceFlight Insider, Jul 15»
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Houston wasn't the first word spoken from the moon | PolitiFact Texas
... he and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module, Eagle, on the moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.". «PolitiFact, Jul 15»

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