Houston, the Eagle has wings with video

The LEM separated from the Apollo 11 CSM

Apollo 11 LEM separates from CSM without incident July 20, 1969

Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 20, 2009 with story from We Chose the Moon.

The Apollo 11 moon landing adventure continues with the LEM separating from the Command Module. After more than 100 hours of travel through space, the pace picks up with the next stage coming on only 1 hour and 34 minutes.

Summary of separation and roll over

View of LEM separating from CSM

The LEM looks back at the mother ship and safety

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