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 The lunar module called Eagle. Notice the complete absence of any kind of streamlining because there is no atmosphere on the Moon and so no need to design for the effect of atmosphere.
The long rodlike protrusions under the landing pods are lunar surface sensing probes. When they touched the lunar surface, the probes sent a signal to the crew to shut down the descent engine.
Then finally, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11’s lunar module, with two astronauts on board, made a lunar landing—with astronaut Neil Armstrong being the first human to set foot on the Moon’s surface.
As Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon’s surface at 2:56 a.m. GMT on July 21, his first words were “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
They remained on the surface for a day, setting up
For more on the surface
of the Moon see Volume 3: Earth and Moon.
 One of the first human footprints on the surface of another body in space.
instruments and collecting samples before returning to the command module. After the LM and the CSM were docked, the astronauts had to return to the CSM. Then the LM could be decoupled and left in orbit while small rockets in the base of the CSM set it on a
path that would eventually allow it to free fall to the Earth.
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