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Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle
Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle Grumman-built Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle, with its four footpads deployed for touchdown. This photograph was taken from the Apollo 11 command module as the two spacecraft moved apart above the Moon on July 20, 1969.

The Eagle was the lunar module used by NASA during the Apollo 11 mission. Its primary objective was to transport astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from the command module, Columbia, to the Moon's surface and back. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin piloted the Eagle to a landing in the Sea of Tranquility. After spending over 21 hours on the Moon, they used the Eagle's ascent stage to return to lunar orbit and rendezvous with Michael Collins in Columbia for the journey back to Earth. This mission marked the first time humans landed and walked on the Moon.123

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