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How did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin leave the Moon?

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They had about 30 seconds of fuel in the descent propulsion system. Had that supply run out, they would have hit the abort, which would have jettisoned the descent stage and fired the smaller ascent engine to return to orbit. read more

Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong put it there on July 21, 1969, about an hour before the end of their final moonwalk. Thirty-five years later, it's the only Apollo science experiment still running. Above: The Apollo 11 lunar laser ranging retroreflector array. read more

And this is how Neil Armstrong (and Buzz Aldrin) got off the moon. Having completed their surface activities, explosives severed all the connections between the two stages, and the ascent engine—completely independent and indifferent to the condition of its exhausted big brother, carried them back up to rendezvous with Michael Collins and the CSM. read more

According to the American ufologist Vladimir Azhazha, “Neil Buzz Aldrin said to Mission Control that two large unknown objects were watching him and Aldrin after landing on the moon. read more

Ringed by footprints, sitting in the moondust, lies a 2-foot wide panel studded with 100 mirrors pointing at Earth: the "lunar laser ranging retroreflector array." Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong put it there on July 21, 1969, about an hour before the end of their final moonwalk. read more

The Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) was a two-stage craft. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took off, they rode on the upper "stage" of the LEM, which had its own propulsion system. The "30 second of fuel left" referred to the fuel in the landing stage of the LEM. read more

According to the American ufologist Vladimir Azhazha, “Neil Buzz Aldrin said to Mission Control that two large unknown objects were watching him and Aldrin after landing on the moon. But this message was never heard by the public, because NASA censored it. read more

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