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Old 20-07-2009, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bobson View Post
"Eagle landed with only 15 secs of fuel left"

How did they go back to mothership then
Approximately 15 seconds of fuel in the decent stage of the Lunar Module (LM). At liftoff the LM separated and the lifted off in the top part (the ascent stage), which had its own fuel supply.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module
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