Eagle was the name of the lunar module that landed astronauts on the Moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.
Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969. The spacecraft carried commander Neil Armstrong, command-module pilot Michael Collins, and lunar-module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command module Columbia while Armstrong and Aldrin descended in Eagle.
Eagle landed at Tranquility Base in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon, followed by Aldrin. The astronauts spent more than twenty-one hours on the lunar surface, conducting experiments, collecting samples, and deploying equipment.
A common mix-up is confusing the two Apollo 11 spacecraft names. Columbia carried Collins around the Moon and later returned the crew to Earth; Eagle was the lander that descended to the surface and then launched its ascent stage back into lunar orbit.