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Apollo Lunar Module
Crewed lunar lander
The Apollo Lunar Module was the two- spacecraft that carried astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon's surface and back to the command module. It first flew uncrewed on Apollo 5, flew crewed in Earth orbit on Apollo 9, and supported the Apollo lunar landing missions.
Crewed spacecraft dossier
Flight profile
- Mission duration
- Varied by mission; longest lunar-surface stay was Apollo 17
Vehicle record
- Manufacturer
- Grumman
- Flights
- Uncrewed Apollo 5 test plus crewed Apollo 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 use
- First flight
- Apollo 5, January 22, 1968
- Final flight
- Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972
- Status
- Retired
People Who Flew Aboard This Spacecraft
David R. ScottApollo 9 / Command Module Pilot / March 3-13, 1969; Apollo 15 / Commander / July 26-August 7, 1971
James A. McDivittApollo 9 / Commander / March 3-13, 1969
Russell Louis SchweickartApollo 9 / Lunar Module Pilot / March 3-13, 1969
Eugene A. CernanApollo 10 / Lunar Module Pilot / May 18-26, 1969; Apollo 17 / Commander / December 7-19, 1972
John W. YoungApollo 10 / Command Module Pilot / May 18-26, 1969; Apollo 16 / Commander / April 16-27, 1972
Thomas P. StaffordApollo 10 / Commander / May 18-26, 1969
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.Apollo 11 / Lunar Module Pilot / July 16-24, 1969
Michael CollinsApollo 11 / Command Module Pilot / July 16-24, 1969
Neil A. ArmstrongApollo 11 / Commander / July 16-24, 1969
Alan L. BeanApollo 12 / Lunar Module Pilot / November 14-24, 1969
Charles Conrad Jr.Apollo 12 / Commander / November 14-24, 1969
Richard F. Gordon Jr.Apollo 12 / Command Module Pilot / November 14-24, 1969
Fred Wallace Haise Jr.Apollo 13 / Lunar Module Pilot / April 11-17, 1970
James Arthur Lovell Jr.Apollo 13 / Commander / April 11-17, 1970
John Leonard Swigert Jr.Apollo 13 / Command Module Pilot / April 11-17, 1970
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.Apollo 14 / Commander / January 31-February 9, 1971
Edgar D. MitchellApollo 14 / Lunar Module Pilot / January 31-February 9, 1971
Stuart A. RoosaApollo 14 / Command Module Pilot / January 31-February 9, 1971
Alfred M. WordenApollo 15 / Command Module Pilot / July 26-August 7, 1971
James B. IrwinApollo 15 / Lunar Module Pilot / July 26-August 7, 1971
Charles M. Duke Jr.Apollo 16 / Lunar Module Pilot / April 16-27, 1972
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly IIApollo 16 / Command Module Pilot / April 16-27, 1972
Harrison Hagan SchmittApollo 17 / Lunar Module Pilot / December 7-19, 1972
Ronald E. Evans Jr.Apollo 17 / Command Module Pilot / December 7-19, 1972Photo Archive
Documented views of this individual vehicle, with source and credit retained alongside each image.