▁of ▁the ▁E LS ▁were ▁hous ed ▁around ▁the ▁forward ▁dock ing ▁tunnel . ▁The ▁forward ▁compart ment ▁was ▁separated ▁from ▁the ▁central ▁by ▁a ▁bulk head ▁and ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁four ▁ 9 0 - deg ree ▁wed ges . ▁The ▁E LS ▁consisted ▁of ▁two ▁dro gue ▁par ach utes ▁with ▁mort ars , ▁three ▁main ▁par ach utes , ▁three ▁pilot ▁par ach utes ▁to ▁deploy ▁the ▁main s , ▁three ▁infl ation ▁b ags ▁for ▁u pr ight ing ▁the ▁caps ule ▁if ▁necessary , ▁a ▁sea ▁recovery ▁cable , ▁a ▁d ye ▁marker , ▁and ▁a ▁sw immer ▁um bil ical . ▁ ▁The ▁command ▁module ' s ▁center ▁of ▁mass ▁was ▁offset ▁a ▁foot ▁or ▁so ▁from ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁pressure ▁( al ong ▁the ▁symmetry ▁axis ). ▁This ▁provided ▁a ▁rot ational ▁moment ▁during ▁re entry , ▁ang ling ▁the ▁caps ule ▁and ▁providing ▁some ▁lift ▁( a ▁lift ▁to ▁drag ▁ratio ▁of ▁about ▁ 0 . 3 6 8 ). ▁The ▁caps ule ▁was ▁then ▁ste ered ▁by ▁rot ating ▁the ▁caps ule ▁using ▁thrust ers ; ▁when ▁no ▁ste ering ▁was ▁required , ▁the ▁caps ule ▁was ▁sp un ▁slowly , ▁and ▁the ▁lift ▁effects ▁cancel led ▁out . ▁This ▁system ▁greatly ▁reduced ▁the ▁g - force ▁experienced ▁by ▁the ▁astr onaut s , ▁permitted ▁a ▁reasonable ▁amount ▁of ▁direction al ▁control ▁and ▁allowed ▁the ▁caps ule ' s ▁spl ash down ▁point ▁to ▁be ▁target ed ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁miles . ▁ ▁At