Saturn V held the Apollo spacecraft, which was made up of three parts — the Command, Service and Lunar Modules. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the Moon’s surface in the Lunar Module. As well as providing their transport, the Lunar Module was the astronauts’ home for the three days they spent on the Moon. Michael Collins remained in orbit aboard the Command and Service Module. When it was time to leave the Moon, Aldrin and Armstrong blasted back into orbit in the top half of the Lunar Module, before docking with the Command and Service Module and beginning the journey back to Earth.
Armstrong and Aldrin stayed on Moon for just more 21 hours-two-and-a-half hours of which were spent outside the Lunar Module exploring and conducting scientific experiments. At 1:53 pm on July 21 the astronauts lifted off from the Moon in the module’s ascent stage and then rendezvoused with Collins and the orbiting spacecraft. The three explorers fired away from lunar orbit on July 22 and returned to Earth on July 24.
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) during rendezvous in lunar orbit. The Lunar Module (LM) was making its docking approach to the CSM. Astronaut Michael Collins remained with the CSM in lunar orbit while the other two crewmen explored the lunar surface. After docking, astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin transferred to Columbia with Collins, the LM ascent stage was jettisoned, and the return trip to Earth began.
The large, dark-colored area in the background is Smyth’s Sea, centered at 85 degrees east longitude and 2 degrees south latitude on the lunar surface (nearside). This view looks west. The Earth rises above the lunar horizon.
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