The Apollo command service module includes two separate reaction control systems completely independent designated SM RCS and CM RCS. The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, Designed for lunar orbit rendezvous, it consisted of an ascent stage and descent stage, and was ferried to lunar orbit by its companion Command and Service The Apollo spacecraft docking mechanism was a non-androgynous system, consisting of a probe located in the nose of the CSM, which connected to the drogue, a Title: Apollo command module guidance and navigation system manual Subjects / Keywords: Navigation (Astronautics) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc ( lcsh ) APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBOOK. FOREWORD. Volume 1 of the Apollo Operations Ilandbook constitutes the description of all command service module systems. Flight tests from a surface pad of the Apollo Launch Escape System using a The Apollo Command Service Module was the spacecraft developed by NASA in theAPOLLO. COMMAND/SERVICE. MODULE. SYSTEMS. HANDBOOK. CSM 104. PREFACE. This handbook, prepared by the Flight. Control. Division,. NASA,. Manned. Spacecraft.