The astronauts would ride to the moon in the command module and then ride back to Earth in it.

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During the flight, they separated the lunar lander from the command module and flew it for eight hours.

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And they had to make this move without the equipment in the command module that kept the spacecraft on its flight path.

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Finally,spacecraft commander Armstrong and NASA flight controllers agreed it was time to separate the lander module Eagle from the command module Columbia.

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Later,the landing vehicle would carry them back to the command module for the return trip to Earth.

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On May twenty-third, the lander rejoined the command module one hundred kilometers above the moon.

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Engineers on the ground designed a way the astronauts could connect air-cleaning devices from the command module to the air system in the lunar module.

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The crew moved back to the command module a few hours before landing.

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He was orbiting the moon in the command module Columbia.

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Michael Collins was the pilot of the command module vehicle,Columbia.

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Richard Gordon remained in the command module circling the moon.

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It had three major parts. One was the command module.

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Now,the command module of Apollo Thirteen headed alone toward Earth.

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Eagle moved into the orbit of the command module.

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Richard Gordon was pilot of the command module.

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The astronauts survived by rationing water and food while using the lunar lander as a lifeboat before returning to the command module for re-entry to Earth.

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They rested for a while. Then they began to prepare to launch the lander for the return flight to the orbiting command module.

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Then they returned to the orbiting command module and started back to Earth.

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On the far side of the Moon, out of communication with mission controllers, the Eagle moon lander separated from the Apollo command module.

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More than 21 hours after their famous walk, astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin fired up the Eagle and rejoined Mike Collins aboard the Columbia command module for the flight back home.

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