Real Apollo 11 footage: the Lunar Module Eagle lifts off from the Moon and climbs to dock with the Command Module Columbia—the most underrated “escape” in space history. 🧑‍🚀 The descent stage stays behind, and the ascent stage carries Armstrong and Aldrin back to Michael Collins in lunar orbit—because getting off the Moon was just as risky as landing. 🌕 Watch closely: a tiny blinking craft, a black sky, and one docking that decided whether Apollo 11 was a triumph… or a tragedy. 🚀 #Apollo11 #

Stepping off the lunar module Eagle on #ThisDayInHistory in 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. | HISTORY

223 reactions · 26 shares | The Eagle has Landed! 50 years ago the United States celebrated as the lunar module "Eagle" (carried by Apollo 11) landed on the moon allowing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to become the first humans to step foot on another planet. Celebrate the greatest feat known to man with this 1/48th scale model of the first lunar landing! | Tower Hobbies | Facebook