Eagle’s Return
![Lunar model over the Moon's rugged surface. Above the lunar horizon, Earth is brightly lit on one side.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/as11_44_6642.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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NASA
October 4, 2017
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A view of the Apollo 11 lunar module "Eagle" as it returned from the surface of the Moon to dock with the command module "Columbia". A smooth mare area is visible on the Moon below and a half-illuminated Earth hangs over the horizon. The lunar module ascent stage was about 4 meters across. Command module pilot Michael Collins took this picture just before docking at 21:34:00 UT (5:34 p.m. EDT) 21 July 1969. (Apollo 11, AS11-44-6642)