AKA: Command Service Module. Status: Cancelled 1967. Thrust: 97.86 kN (22,000 lbf). Gross mass: 18,488 kg (40,759 lb). Specific impulse: 314 s. Height: 11.03 m (36.18 ft).
Block I command service modules, which lacked forward docking tunnels and hatches, never flew manned after the Apollo 204 fire killed its crew on the pad.
Crew Size: 3. Habitable Volume: 6.17 m3. RCS total impulse: 3,774 kgf-sec. Spacecraft delta v: 2,804 m/s (9,199 ft/sec). Electric System: 690.00 kWh. Electric System: 6.30 average kW.
Apollo CSM Block 1 Apollo Spacecraft 012 hoisted to top of gantry at Pad 34 Credit: NASA |
Apollo CSM Block 1 Apollo Spacecraft 012 hoisted to top of gantry at Pad 34 Credit: NASA |
Apollo CSM Block 1 Close-up view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire Credit: NASA |
Apollo CSM Block 1 Apollo Spacecraft 017 moved for mating with Saturn V launch vehicle Credit: NASA |
Apollo CSM Block 1 Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module readied for mating with Service Module Credit: NASA |
Apollo 203 Credit: Manufacturer Image |