Back inside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC is a full size replica of the Apollo Lunar Module. This was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft that carried a crew of two from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon. The copper portion, with the landing pads, was used as the launching pad, to carry the two man crew back into lunar orbit and it remained on the moon. What you see here had a height of 17.9 feet (5.5 meters), width of 14 feet (4.3 meters), a landing gear span of 29.75 feet (9.07 meters) and a total weight of 32,399 pounds (14,696 kilograms). Six such craft successfully landed on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. Apollo 11 (nicknamed EAGLE) was the spaceflight which landed the first humans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. A third member of the mission, Michael Collins, remained alone in lunar orbit, in the Command Module, until they returned from the surface about 15 hours later. All 3 returned to Earth safely after travelling in space for 8 days. Most info from Wikipedia. Zoom works. Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments. They are very much appreciated. Dana