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The Command Module and the Service Module remained joined until just before return to earth. The overall assembly was referred to as the Command Service Module (CSM).
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Lund, T. (2018). The Apollo Command Module. In: Early Exploration of the Moon. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02071-2_6
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