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.}}

| fate = {{unbulleted list

| '''Ascent stage:''' Unknown;Abandoned eitherin crashedlunar onorbit; theimpact [[Moon]]___location or in lunar orbitunknown

| '''Descent stage:''' Landed at [[Tranquility Base]]; still there

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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.

After the crew re-boarded ''Columbia'', the ''Eagle'' was abandoned in lunar orbit. AlthoughThe its___location ultimateof fate remains unknown, somethe calculationsimpact byon the physicistmoons Jamessurface Meadorafter publishedthe in 2021 showed that ''Eagle'' couldorbit theoreticallydecayed stillis be in lunar orbitunknown.<ref>{{cite arXiv <!-- unsupported parameterweb |url=https://arxivairandspace.orgsi.edu/pdfexplore-and-learn/2105topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/___location/lm.10088.pdf -->cfm?dom=pscau |title=Long-termLocation Orbitof StabilityApollo ofLunar theModules Apollo|website=Smithsonian 11Air "Eagle"Lunarand ModuleSpace AscentMuseum Stage|eprintaccess-date=2105.10088September 24, 2018 |last1archive-date=MeadorJuly 26, 2020 |first1archive-url=James|yearhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200726080107/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/___location/lm.cfm?dom=2021pscau |class=physics.spaceurl-phstatus=dead}}</ref>

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* {{cite web |url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.step.html |title=One Small Step |date=1995 |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Eric M. |work=Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal |publisher=NASA |access-date=June 13, 2013}}

* {{cite web |url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.posteva.html |title=Trying to Rest |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Eric M. |date=1995 |work=Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal |publisher=NASA |access-date=June 13, 2013}}

* {{cite web |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/___location/lm.cfm?dom=pscau |title=Location of Apollo Lunar Modules |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum |access-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726080107/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/spacecraft/___location/lm.cfm?dom=pscau |url-status=dead }}

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