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 #

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#FilipinoHistorian #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #Apollo #MoonLanding On July 20, 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 11 successfully landed on the Moon, with Neil Armstrong being the first person to step on the lunar surface. It was seen as the fulfilment of President John F. Kennedy's promise to bring a man to the Moon "before the decade is out." Regarded as one of the milestones of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, it placed tremendous pressure on the Soviets to catch u