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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 16 kN
- Height
- 2.832 m
- Diameter
- 4.29 m
- Launch mass
- 5 t
- Stages
- 1
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
6
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
6 of 6
Current success streak
6
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Apollo LM | Apollo 17 — Success
- Apollo LM | Apollo 16 — Success
- Apollo LM | Apollo 15 — Success
- Apollo LM | Apollo 14 — Success
- Apollo LM | Apollo 12 — Success