On the Moon

July 21, 1969

Step 78. Collins spends more than 27 hours alone in Columbia while Armstrong and Aldrin conduct their lunar surface exploration and collect samples, and his follow crewmates ready Eagle for the ascent from the lunar surface.

The Journey Home

Step 81. 1:53 p.m. EDT - Eagle's ascent stage engine fires, lifting ascent stage and astronauts from lunar surface.

Step 83. 2:52 p.m. EDT - Ascent stage reaction control system fires to keep Eagle at proper altitude.

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