: How did the first astronauts landing on the moon return back to earth?

Question

I know on the moon there’s less gravity but how could they perform a launch on the moon?

Sorry for bad English.

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Answer 1

The part of the rocket that launched the astronauts from the surface of the moon to lunar orbit only had enough power/fuel to do that task.

They met up with a larger spacecraft which got them back to earth.

The part that actually landed was in turn just a small pierce of this spaceship – just a capsule with a heat-shield and parachutes.

Your intuition is correct that they did not have enough power to get directly from the moon’s surface back to earth directly.