We'll leave you with this picture of Buzz Aldrin preparing a sandwich on Eagle after spending more than 2.5 hours on the lunar surface.

After seven hours of rest aboard Eagle, Houston asked Armstrong and Aldrin to prepare for the return flight to rejoin Michael Collins aboard Columbia in lunar orbit.

The three astronauts would return to Earth triumphant.

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