module, its service module and lunar module together carried three astronauts, neil armstrong, buzz aldren and michael collins to the moon. the command module very significantly also brought them back safely. this lunar module is an actual lunar module that never flew in space. it's lunar module two. it was intended to be used in an earth orbital test flight but the test was canceled as unnecessary. so nasa transferred this lunar module to the national air and space museum. it consists of two parts, the base, which has the legs, and the rocket engine in it and then oddly shaped top, which is the crew module or crew cabin, and this was attached to the command module for the flight from earth to lunar orbit and once in lunar orbit, the two crew members who would descend to the surface, armstrong and aldren, climbed into the lunar module, it's separated from the command michael where michael collins stayed to orbit the moon and began its descent down to the surface. >> 30 feet down, picking up some dust, drifting to the right a little but -- engine stop. >> we copy you now, eagle. >> the eagl