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 #

To prepare him for landing the lunar module, Neil Armstrong practiced on a training vehicle, right here on Earth. It was designed to replicate flying within a gravitational pull that was 1/6 that of Earth. 🎥Apollo's Moonshot | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

19K views · 2.6K reactions | Apollo 12’s lunar module rises from the Moon and performs a precise rendezvous with the command module, one of the most demanding maneuvers of the entire mission. Every burn, angle, and timing window had to be exact for the crew to come home. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo12 #MoonMission #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve | Facebook

Today, we mark the #Apollo50th anniversary of Apollo 12’s remarkable pinpoint Moon landing. At 1:55am (ET) on November 19th, 1969, #Apollo12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed the Lunar Module, "Intrepid", in the Ocean of Storms on the lunar surface. While the preliminary landing site was projected to be 1000 feet (~0.3 km) from #NASA's 1967 Surveyor III lander, Pete Conrad and Al Bean landed just over 500 feet (~0.15 km) away. Pinpoint landing: Check. Next up: Become the third and fourth