Lunar Module Eagle

<h2 id="flight">Flight</h2>
<p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Apollo_11/BdUKVnQP">Apollo 11</a></p>
<p><i>Eagle</i> was launched with <a href="/facts/Command_module_Columbia/1xL090h3">Command Module <i>Columbia</i></a> on July 16, 1969, atop a <a href="/facts/Saturn_V/WhpUEFJM">Saturn V</a> launch vehicle from <a href="/facts/Launch_Complex_39A/pnH83f5s">Launch Complex 39A</a>, and entered Earth orbit 12 minutes later.
</p><p><i>Eagle</i> entered <a href="/facts/Lunar_orbit/486BxvD6">lunar orbit</a> on July 19, 1969. On July 20, <a href="/facts/Neil_Armstrong/3aoQV60l">Neil Armstrong</a> and <a href="/facts/Buzz_Aldrin/meuu82u7">Buzz Aldrin</a> entered into the LM and separated it from <a href="/facts/Command_module_Columbia/1xL090h3">Command Module <i>Columbia</i></a>.
</p><p><i>Eagle</i> was landed at 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969, with 216 pounds (98 kg) of usable fuel remaining.
</p><p>After the lunar surface operations, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Lunar Module <i>Eagle</i> on July 21, 1969.
</p><p>At 17:54:00 UTC, they lifted off in <i>Eagle</i>'s ascent stage to rejoin <a href="/facts/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)/0S6VzoBW">Michael Collins</a> aboard <i>Columbia</i> in lunar orbit.
</p><p>After the crew re-boarded <i>Columbia</i>, the <i>Eagle</i> was abandoned in lunar orbit. The location of its impact on the Moon's surface during an orbit decay is unknown, and there is evidence that <i>Eagle</i> may still be in orbit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2>

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<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Benson, Charles D.; Faherty, William B. (1978). <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19790003956.pdf"><i>Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations</i></a> (PDF). Washington, D.C.: NASA. p. 472. SP-4204. Retrieved September 22, 2018.</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201024085033/https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/science/scientific-experiments.cfm">"Scientific Experiments"</a>. <i>Smithsonian Air and Space Museum</i>. Archived from <a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/science/scientific-experiments.cfm">the original</a> on October 24, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2018.</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210215074327/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html">"LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites"</a>. NASA. July 17, 2009. Archived from <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html">the original</a> on February 15, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2018.</li>
<li>Meador, James (2021). "Long-term Orbit Stability of the Apollo 11 "Eagle" Lunar Module Ascent Stage". <a href="/facts/ArXiv_(identifier)/H6EtgnBe">arXiv</a>:<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.10088">2105.10088</a> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/archive/physics.space-ph">physics.space-ph</a>].</li>
<li>Jones, Eric M., ed. (1995). <a href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.step.html">"One Small Step"</a>. <i>Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal</i>. NASA. Retrieved June 13, 2013.</li>
<li>Jones, Eric M., ed. (1995). <a href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.posteva.html">"Trying to Rest"</a>. <i>Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal</i>. NASA. Retrieved June 13, 2013.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Cresswell, J. (2007). The Cat's Pyjamas: The Penguin Book of Clichés. Penguin Books Limited. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-14-102516-2. Retrieved October 22, 2021. <a href="978-0-14-102516-2" target="_blank">978-0-14-102516-2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Location of Apollo Lunar Modules". Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200726080107/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/location/lm.cfm?dom=pscau" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200726080107/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/location/lm.cfm?dom=pscau</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Discover magazine website, July 2021 <a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/new-evidence-suggests-apollo-11s-lunar-ascent-module-could-still-be-orbiting" target="_blank">https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/new-evidence-suggests-apollo-11s-lunar-ascent-module-could-still-be-orbiting</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Lunar Module Eagle