Eagle at Tranquility Base, July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong photographs Buzz Aldrin.
Type
Lunar module
Class
Apollo Lunar Module
Manufacturer
Grumman
Specifications
Launch mass
33,294.5 lb (15,102.1 kg)[1]
History
Deployed
July 20, 1969; 54 years ago (July 20, 1969)
Fate
Ascent stage: Abandoned in lunar orbit; impact location unknown
Descent stage: Landed at Tranquility Base; still there
Part of a series on
Apollo 11
Crew
Neil Armstrong · Buzz Aldrin · Michael Collins
Spacecraft
CM-107 Columbia · Lunar Module Eagle
Landing site
Tranquility Base
Recovery vessels
Helicopter 66 · USS Hornet
Commemoration
Anniversaries · 50th Anniversary commemorative coins · Eisenhower dollar · Anthony dollar
Related
British TV coverage · Goodwill messages · In popular culture · Lunar sample display · Missing tapes
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Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5) is the spacecraft that served as the crewed lunar lander of Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. It was named after the bald eagle, which was featured prominently on the mission insignia. It flew from Earth to lunar orbit on the 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.
The name of the craft gave rise to the phrase "The Eagle has Landed", the words Armstrong said upon Eagle's touchdown.[2] The phrase was used as the title of a bestselling 1975 book, set during the Second World War, and the 1976 film adaptation.
^"Selected Mission Weights". history.nasa.gov. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^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.
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