... Tranquility Base:Lunar Module Eagle stands in the morning sun on the Moon in July 1969. ... Originally there would have been no Lunar Module.The Apollo CSMтАЩs origins go back to the 1950s, and it was intended to be a multi-purpose vehicle for all kinds of missions in Earth and lunar orbit. ... Months later Apollo 10 flew to lunar orbit in May. ... Dear James, to get the entire Apollo spacecraft (Command/Service Module and Lunar Module) to orbit the Moon took a three stage Saturn 5 launch vehicle. ...