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What happened to the Apollo service modules?

What happened to the Apollo service modules?

The umbilical firing pulls away and stayed attached to the service module, leaving the command module unhampered for its return to Earth. All the service modules were left to burn up in the atmosphere.

Where are the Apollo service modules?

The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia is on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC..

What does the service module do?

A Service Module would carry various equipment and the rocket engine needed to guide the spacecraft into lunar orbit and then send it back to Earth. A Lunar Module, comprising a descent stage and an ascent stage, would carry two people from lunar orbit to the…

What was the Apollo Command and service module?

The Command/Service Module ( CSM) was one of two spacecraft, along with the Lunar Module, used for the United States Apollo program which landed astronauts on the Moon. It was built for NASA by North American Aviation. It was launched by itself on three suborbital and low Earth orbit Apollo test missions using the Saturn IB launch vehicle.

What was the CSM on the Apollo 11?

As the name implies, the Command and Service Module (CSM) comprised two distinct units: the Command Module (CM), which housed the crew, spacecraft operations systems, and re-entry equipment, and the Service Module (SM) which carried most of the consumables (oxygen, water, helium, fuel cells, and fuel) and the main propulsion system.

What was the full load of SPS on Apollo 9?

The full SPS propellant load is 40,590 lb / 18,410 kg. Both 7 and 9 were 10-day missions, so would have had a full load of consumables other than fuel; the mass difference must be almost all SPS propellant. Apollo 9 did 7 test burns of the SPS, some quite lengthy, in addition to the deorbit burn, so that accounts for a great deal of fuel usage.

How is the service module attached to the command module?

The service module is a cylindrical structure which serves as a storehouse of critical subsystems and supplies for almost the entire lunar mission. It is attached to the command module from launch until just before earth atmosphere entry.