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Other Designations: Command Service Module. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Destination: Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: North American. The Apollo Command Service Module was the spacecraft developed by NASA in the 1960's as a standard spacecraft for earth and lunar orbit missions. Block I command service modules, which lacked forward docking tunnels and hatches, never flew manned after the Apollo 204 fire killed its crew on the pad.
Crew Size: 3. Length: 11.03 m (36.18 ft). Maximum Diameter: 3.90 m (12.70 ft). Habitable Volume: 6.17 m3. RCS Impulse: 3,774 kgf-sec. Main Engine: AJ10-137. Main Engine Thrust: 97.860 kN (22,000 lbf). Main Engine Propellants: N2O4/UDMH. Main Engine Propellants: 18,488 kg (40,759 lb). Main Engine Isp: 314 sec. Spacecraft delta v: 2,804 m/s (9,199 ft/sec). Electrical System: Fuel Cells. Electric System: 6.30 average kW. Electric System: 690.00 kWh.
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 | Apollo CSM Block 1
Apollo Spacecraft 012 hoisted to top of gantry at Pad 34...
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Apollo Spacecraft 012 hoisted to top of gantry at Pad 34 |
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Apollo Spacecraft 012 hoisted to top of gantry at Pad 34...
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Apollo Spacecraft 012 hoisted to top of gantry at Pad 34 |
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Close-up view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire...
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Close-up view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire |
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 moved for mating with Saturn V launch vehicle...
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Apollo Spacecraft 017 moved for mating with Saturn V launch vehicle |
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Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module readied for mating with Service Module...
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Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module readied for mating with Service Module |
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