This rare footage shows the Apollo 11 Lunar Module lifting off from the Moon, captured on 16mm film from the Command Module orbiting above. It records the exact moment astronauts left the lunar surface to reunite in orbit, completing humanity’s first landing on another world. The ascent stage carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin away from the Moon, leaving the descent stage behind as a silent marker of exploration. This historic footage has been enhanced with modern processing and music by Moo

A TV first 📺 ! On this date in 1971, the Apollo 15 Lunar Module's ascent from the Moon, with Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin on board, was the first to be broadcasted on television. Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/3btmlER | NASA History

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