Assertion: lunar module | /r/CapableOf | descend to lower orbit
Facets:
value: much
type: DEGREE
value: to save fuel
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: On Apollo 11 and 12, the lunar module decoupled from the CSM and descended to a much lower orbit from which the lunar landing attempt commenced; to save fuel in an increasingly heavy lander, beginning with Apollo 14, the SPS in the service module made that burn, known as descent orbit insertion (DOI), with the lunar module still attached to the CSM.