How to Use lunar module in a Sentence

lunar module

noun
  • There were four cartridges from the lunar module and four from crew backpacks.
    — Fox News, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The memorial plaque on the leg of the lunar module also came through our lab.
    — Kathryn Tully, Smithsonian, 1 Apr. 2012
  • Using the lunar module as a lifeboat, the crew stretched the rations that remained.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
  • The lunar module became their lifeboat to hurtle back to Earth.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Armstrong was in the lunar module with Aldrin, but his view wasn't captured on film.
    — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 18 July 2019
  • Collins has no way of breaking out of lunar orbit to rescue the lunar module.
    — Houston Chronicle, 21 July 2019
  • The lunar module pilot on Apollo 12 was the fourth man to walk on the moon.
    — Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, 26 May 2018
  • The lunar module, where the astronauts had holed up for days, was jettisoned.
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The lunar module Orion had just settled on the dusty surface.
    — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2019
  • Among the foods that were eaten on the surface of the moon in the lunar module was beef stew, bacon squares, date fruit cake and grape punch.
    — Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN, 19 July 2019
  • The lunar module was equipped with a radio beacon, a knife and two containers of sun lotion.
    — David Shribman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2019
  • And the Apollo lunar module never stayed on the lunar surface with a crew for more than three days.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The lunar module's weight was problematic right to the very end of its design cycle.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The mission planners feared that the lunar module could become instantly mired, or just sink out of sight.
    — Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
  • The craft also had maneuvering thrusters like the lunar module.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 19 July 2019
  • The light comes from sunlight and reflections off the moon's surface, the astronauts' suits and the lunar module.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
  • Buzz’’ Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command module.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
  • The 15-ton lunar module is being swallowed by the thick layer of moondust like a stone dropped in quicksand.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 16 July 2019
  • The 3-minute video begins as the Eagle, the mission's lunar module, makes its final approach to the moon.
    — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 18 July 2019
  • The lunar module can be seen at the top of the Saturn rocket booster shortly after reaching orbit.
    — Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2019
  • Harrison Schmitt was a lunar module pilot and the first scientist-astronaut to set foot on the moon.
    — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The company says Griffin is the largest lander since the Apollo lunar module.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Finally, by early March, 1969, the lunar module was ready to fly.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Notations include the location of the lunar module and the Hadley Rille.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Linklater takes the appealing concept of putting a kid in the lunar module, teased right there at the outset, and sets it aside for more than 52 minutes.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The Apollo era’s lunar module was a low-slung, four-legged, insectile affair, standing just shy of 23 feet tall.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When Aldrin activated that radar, however, the lunar module was on its final approach and had to process a large amount of data.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
  • Fingernail-sized latches on the docking probe used to connect the command module to the lunar module failed to catch, and the two spacecraft were unable to dock.
    — Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The Apollo lunar module was much smaller and could only accommodate a shorter stay on the Moon.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
  • After returning to the lunar module, Armstrong and Aldrin tossed their overshoes from the hatch to save weight for lunar samples.
    — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021

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