Eagle (LM)

Eagle (LM) — crewed mission, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Eagle (LM) in a 3D mission replay. Follow a reconstruction of the 1969 lunar mission using its historical timeline.

“The Eagle has landed.” The lunar module rides the rotating Moon at Tranquility Base — its position here is pinned to the real landing coordinates as the Moon turns and orbits.

Crew

Armstrong & Aldrin

Landed at

Tranquility Base — 0.674°N, 23.473°E

Touchdown

20 Jul 1969, 20:17:40 UTC

First step

21 Jul, 02:56 UTC

On the surface

21 h 36 m

Ascent

21 Jul, 17:54 UTC

Explore Eagle (LM) in 3D

This is a historical reconstruction of Eagle (LM), using the Apollo 11 timeline and the Earth–Moon geometry of July 1969. The route between mission events is interpolated, rather than a continuous telemetry record. Opening the model sets the simulation to the mission era.