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The Images
1 - Artists impression of the ASTP docking
2 - The Command Module
3 - The Command Service Module
4 - Bruce McCandless conducting an EVA
5 - The Lunar Module
6 - The Lunar Roving Vehicle
7 - The Modularised Equipment Transporter
8 - The Portable Life Support System
9 - The Service Propulsion System
10 - The Space Transportation System (the Space Shuttle)
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ASTP & CDR
ASTP - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT
1st international space mission, involving both an American and Soviet crew (LEFT)
CDR - COMMANDER
Highest ranking member of the Apollo crews; During the Apollo program, the first member of the crew to exit the LM on the lunar suface
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CM
COMMAND MODULE
The cone-shaped component of the Apollo spacecraft which housed the three crew members, and the only part of the spacecraft that returned to Earth; Remained in lunar orbit during the moon landings (RIGHT)
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CMP & CO-PT
CMP - COMMAND MODULE PILOT
Second highest ranking member of the Apollo crews; Pilot who specialised in the running of the CM
Co-Pt - CO-PILOT
Pilot in the right-hand seat during the Gemini missions; Conducted the Gemini EVAs
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CSM & DMP
CSM - COMMAND SERVICE MODULE
Combined term for the joined CM and SM (ABOVE)
DMP - DOCKING MODULE PILOT
Pilot who specialised in the operation of the docking hatch (during the ASTP)
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EVA & LM
EVA - EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY
American term for 'spacewalking' - any activity by an astronaut which takes place outside the spacecraft (ABOVE)
LM - LUNAR MODULE
The component of the Apollo spacecraft which took two astronauts to the surface of the moon and then back to lunar orbit to dock with the awaiting CM (LEFT)
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LMP & LRV
LMP - LUNAR MODULE PILOT
Lowest ranking member of the Apollo crews; Pilot who specialised in the running of the LM; Second crew member of each moon landing to step onto the moon
LRV - LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE
An electric-powered, four-wheeled, open vehicle used by Apollo 15, 16 and 17 astronauts to explore the surface of the moon (RIGHT)
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MET & PLSS
MET - MODULARISED EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTER
A two-wheeled "golf cart" to help Apollo 14 astronauts carry their equipment and samples when traversing the lunar surface (LEFT)
PLSS - PORTABLE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM
Backpacks used by astronauts walking on the surface of the moon which contained oxygen, cooling water, and communications equipment to sustain life in the vacuum of space (BELOW)
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SM
SERVICE MODULE
The cylindrical component of the Apollo spacecraft which provided water, oxygen and electricity to the CM, and housed the SPS engine which enabled the Apollo astronauts to get into and out of lunar orbit
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SPS & STS
SPS - SERVICE PROPULSION SYSTEM
Rocket engine at the rear of the SM which is used to slow the spacecraft to the speed necessary to enter lunar orbit, and to increase to the speed necessary to exit lunar orbit (LEFT)
STS - SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
The US Space Shuttle (BELOW)
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US & USSR
US - United States
America - home of NASA and the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab astronauts
USSR - UNION of SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
Russia - home of the Soviet space program and all of its cosmonauts
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