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Apollo LM Ascent Stage

Northrop Grumman Space SystemsRetired

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.

Apollo LM Ascent Stage vehicle

Specifications

Thrust
16 kN
Height
2.832 m
Diameter
4.29 m
Launch mass
5 t
Stages
1

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

6flightswith a definitive outcome
100%success rate6 of 6
6success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

5 of 6

All 6 flights