Eagles have, since ancient times bee seen as strong, majestic birds, their shapes were used on roman army standards and indeed on the great seal of the US. Thus to name the first spacecraft to land on the moon "Eagle", taps in to a great deal of positive symbolic culture.
Eagle
NO russian module ever landed on the moon.
The lunar module that landed on the moon was named Eagle.
The lunar module that landed on the moon was called Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
The spacecraft that landed on the moon for the US was called Apollo 11. It landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin aboard.
It is called the Eagle.
It is called the Eagle.
It was "Eagle". ie: "Tranquility Base, The Eagle has landed."
The spaceship Neil Armstrong rode in to the moon was called the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the moon in a crafy called the Lunar module named The Eagle.
The Apollo 11 lunar module was called the Eagle.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969 and the name of their lunar module was Eagle. "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed". is what the first words from the lunar surface back to Earth were.