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| name     = Spacecraft
| image    = [[File:Apollo 11 Columbia.png|200px|alt=Columbia on display at the National Air and Space Museum]]
| caption1 = ''Columbia'' on display at the [[National Air and Space Museum]]
| label1   = Manufacturer |data1   = [[North American Aviation]]
| label2   = Mass         |data2   = {{convert|9,139|lbs|kg}}
| label3   = Dimensions   |data3   = {{convert|10+7/12|by|21+10/12|ft|m|disp=br()}}
| label4   = Materials    |data4   = [[Aluminum alloy]], [[stainless steel]], [[titanium]]
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'''''Columbia''''' ('''CSM-107''') is the spacecraft that served as the [[Apollo command and service module#Command module (CM)|command module]] during [[Apollo 11]], which was the first mission to [[Moon landing|land humans]] on the [[Moon]]. The command module is the only spacecraft from the Apollo 11 to return to Earth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/command-module-apollo-11|title=Apollo 11 Command Module ''Columbia''|date=20 March 2016|website=National Air and Space Museum|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>

== Spacecraft ==
The name ''Columbia'' was first suggested to [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]] by [[Julian Scheer]], NASA's assistant administrator of public affairs during the Apollo program. Scheer mentioned the name, in passing, in a phone conversation, saying "some of us up here have been kicking around ''Columbia''." Collins initially thought it was "a bit pompous" but the name eventually stuck as he could not think of a better alternative and his crewmates [[Buzz Aldrin]] and [[Neil Armstrong]] had no objections.{{Sfn|Collins|2001|p=334–35}}

== Mission ==
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== Exhibition ==
[[File:US Navy 070516-N-6724S-049 Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Davida Edwards examines the Apollo 11 Command Module in the lobby of the National Air and Space Museum.jpg|thumb|''Columbia'' at the National Air and Space Museum in 2007]]
After a tour of U.S. cities,<ref name="Cincinnati">{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/CMC-Destination-Moon.aspx|title=To the moon (and Cincinnati) and back|last=McEwan|first=Liz|date=24 September 2019|website=Soapbox Cincinnati|publisher=Issue Media Group|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> ''Columbia'' was given to the Smithsonian Institution in 1971.<ref name=":0" /> It was designated a "Milestone in Flight" and is displayed prominently at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., alongside the [[1903 Wright Flyer]].{{sfn|Linden|2016|p=3}}

As of 28 September 2019, the spacecraft will be on display at the [[Cincinnati Museum Center]].<ref name="Cincinnati" />
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== Gallery ==
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File:Apollo 11 CSM moved for mating to spacecraft adapter (S69-32370).jpg
File:Apollo 11 Preparations - GPN-2000-000959.jpg
File:AS11-36-5382 (21513552998).jpg
File:AS11-36-5383 (21078677654).jpg
File:AS11-36-5384 (21701375725).jpg
File:Michael Collins in the Command Module.jpg
File:Neil Armstrong, a little over an hour following Apollo 11 liftoff (48322500431).jpg
File:Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery - GPN-2000-001212.jpg
File:Apollo 11 Recovery Area - GPN-2002-000051.jpg
File:Apollo 11 CM hoisted aboard Hornet (S69-21783).jpg
File:Apollo-11-Capsule.jpg
File:Apollo 11 CM & MQF1.jpg
File:Splashdown 3.jpg
File:8727-National-Air-and-Space-Museum (27234244521).jpg
File:Apollo 11 command module hatch.jpg
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== References ==
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== Sources ==
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb5EAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA117|title=Chariots for Apollo: The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969|last=Brooks|first=Courtney G.|last2=Grimwood|first2=James M.|last3=Swenson|first3=Loyd S.|last4=Dickson|first4=Paul|date=26 March 2009|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-46756-6|language=en<!--|ref=harv-->}}
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9pfwFpdtGwC&pg=PA334|title=Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey|last=Collins|first=Michael|date=2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780815410287|language=en}}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROgnDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|title=Best of the National Air and Space Museum|last=Linden|first=F. Robert van der|date=2016|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|isbn=978-1-58834-581-3|language=en|ref=harv}}
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