command module

/K AH0 M AE1 N D M AA1 JH UW0 L/
noun
  1. 1

    A section of a manned spacecraft in which the astronauts live and operate the craft.

  2. 2

    (specifically, in relation to the Apollo program) Ellipsis of command and service module. [The mother ship of the spacecraft that carried astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo missions.]