Launch Vehicle
Apollo LM Ascent Stage
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 2.83 m
- Diameter
- 4.29 m
- Mass
- 5,000 kg
- Stages
- 1
- Thrust
- 16 kN
- First flight
- 1969-07-21
- Total launches
- 6
- Success / Fail
- 6 / 0
The Apollo lunar module (LM) ascent stage contained the crew cabin with instrument panels and flight controls. It contained its own Ascent Propulsion System (APS) engine and two hypergolic propellant tanks for return to lunar orbit and rendezvous with the Apollo command and service module.