Lunar Module Eagle: Difference between revisions

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| total_hours = {{time interval|July 16 1969 13:32:00|July 21 1969 23:41:31|show=h|disp=raw}}{{efn|From Earth launch to second CSM undocking.}}

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| '''Ascent stage:''' CrashedUnknown; either crashed on the [[Moon]] or in lunar orbit

| '''Descent stage:''' Landed on the [[Tranquility Base]]

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| succession = [[Apollo Lunar Module]]s

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{{Apollo11series}}

'''Lunar Module ''Eagle''''' ('''LM-5''') is the spacecraft that served as the crewed [[lunar lander]] of [[Apollo 11]], which was the first mission to [[Moon landing|land humans]] on the [[Moon]]. It was named after the [[bald eagle]], which was featured prominently on [[:File:Apollo 11 insignia.png|the mission insignia]]. It flew from Earth to lunar orbit on the [[command module Columbia|command module ''Columbia'']], and then was flown to the Moon on July 20, 1969, by astronaut [[Neil Armstrong]] with navigational assistance from [[Buzz Aldrin]]. ''Eagle''{{'}}s landing created [[Tranquility Base]], named by Armstrong and Aldrin and first announced upon the module's touchdown.

== Flight ==