Apollo Lunar Module The first manned lunar landing occurred on July 20, 1969 with the Apollo 11 LM "Eagle". Four days later, the Apollo 11 crew in the Command Module "Columbia" splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing President John F. Kennedy's goal "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This was followed by precision landings on Apollo 12 "(Intrepid)" and Apollo 14 "(Antares)".In April 1970, the Apollo 13 lunar module "Aquarius" played an unexpected role in saving the lives of the three astronauts after an oxygen tank in the service
Lunar module (UFO) Lunar module (UFO) In the "UFO" TV series, the Lunar module is the only SHADO spacecraft capable of Earth–Moon travel. On Earth, it can only take off and land docked with a mother ship known as the Lunar Carrier, as part of its tail. This spacecraft takes off and lands on the Moon in an upright position on a launch pad on SHADO Moonbase. The SHADO Lunar module is a red spaceplane – usually manned by two crewmembers – with a large rocket engine on the rear and, eventually, a reaction control system (its re-entry angle of attack is a