Apollo Lunar Module the "Aquarius" and the Command Module "Odyssey". The development and construction of the lunar module is dramatized in the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" episode entitled "Spider". This is in reference to LM-3, used on Apollo 9, which the crew named "Spider" after its spidery appearance. The unused LM-13 stood in during the teleplay to depict LM-3 and LM-5, "Eagle", used by Apollo 11. Apollo Lunar Module The Apollo Lunar Module, or simply lunar module (LM, pronounced "Lem"), originally designated the lunar excursion module (LEM), was the spacecraft which was flown to and landed on the Moon. The
Apollo 15 only two were required for a safe landing (one extra for redundancy). Upon landing in the North Pacific Ocean, the crew were recovered and taken aboard the recovery ship, after a mission lasting 12 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes, and 53 seconds. Apollo 15 used command and service module CSM-112, which was given the call sign "Endeavour", named after HMS "Endeavour" and lunar module LM-10, call sign "Falcon", named after the United States Air Force Academy mascot. Scott explained the choice of the name "Endeavour" on the grounds that its captain, James Cook had commanded the first purely scientific sea