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LANDING SITETranquility Base
LAT0.6744°
LON23.4731°
MOON
Jul 20, 1969
LANDING DATE
1969
21 hours 36 minutes on surface
MISSION DURATION
TOTAL
Approx 100 C in direct sun
SURFACE TEMP
AT LANDING SITE
15,103
KG
MASS
5
INSTRUMENTS
SCIENTIFIC PAYLOAD
Apollo 11 Eagle is a lander mission by NASA on Moon. Landed July 20, 1969. Landing site: Tranquility Base.
ABOUT APOLLO 11 EAGLE
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the first crewed landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong manually piloted the lander past a boulder-strewn crater, touching down in the Sea of Tranquility with only 25 seconds of fuel remaining. Armstrong’s “one small step” was watched by an estimated 600 million people. They spent 2 hours 31 minutes outside the spacecraft, collecting samples and deploying scientific instruments.
KEY DISCOVERIES
- Returned 21.55 kg of lunar samples
- Confirmed basaltic composition of mare regions
- Deployed first seismometer and laser reflector on Moon
- Lunar soil was fine-grained and cohesive
TECHNOLOGY & FIRSTS
- First crewed landing on the Moon
- First humans to walk on another world
- Lunar Module descent engine with throttle control
- Manual piloting override by Neil Armstrong
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS (5)
Passive Seismic Experiment
Laser Ranging Retroreflector
Solar Wind Composition experiment
Television camera
Close-up stereoscopic camera
SPACECRAFT SPECIFICATIONS
Mass15,103 kg (33,302 lbs)
Dimensions4.2m tall, 9.4m wide (legs deployed)
PowerBattery (descent stage), Battery (ascent stage)
CommunicationsS-band steerable antenna, VHF, EVA antenna
Design Life48 hours on surface
Landing DateJuly 20, 1969
Mission EndJuly 21, 1969
ProgramApollo
SURFACE DATA
Surface TemperatureApprox 100 C in direct sun
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