Content deleted Content added
needs the clarity of "what" exactly the name ''Columbia'' attaches to, at least for the first time it is used in the article body (after the lede) |
→Flight: copyedit |
||
Line 36:
''Eagle'' was launched with [[Command module Columbia|comman module ''Columbia'']] on July 16, 1969 atop a [[Saturn V]] launch vehicle from [[Launch Complex 39A]], and entered Earth orbit 12 minutes later.
''Eagle'' entered [[lunar orbit]] on July 19, 1969. On July 20, [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] entered into the LM and separated it from CSM.{{clarify|acronym is not previously described}}
''Eagle'' was landed at 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969 with {{convert|216|lb}} of usable fuel remaining.
Line 44:
At 17:54:00 UTC, they lifted off in ''Eagle''{{'s}} ascent stage to rejoin [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]] aboard ''Columbia'' in lunar orbit.
In 2021, some calculations by the physicist James Meador showed that ''Eagle''
== Gallery ==
| |||