THE JOURNEY HOME
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.
Apollo
11 Lunar Module Eagle ascent stage as it approached the
command module Columbia for rendezvous. After docking, the astronauts
transferred to Columbia, the ascent stage was jettisoned, and the
return trip to Earth began.
  Lunar
Module Ascent Engine
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