lunar module

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noun(often initial capital letter)U.S. Aerospace.
  1. the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM

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1
First recorded in 1965–70

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lunar module

noun
  1. 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

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