<P> The Command Module was named Columbia after the Columbiad , the giant cannon shell spacecraft fired by a giant cannon ( also from Florida ) in Jules Verne 's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon . It also referenced Columbia , a historical name of the United States . The Lunar Module was named Eagle for the national bird of the United States , the bald eagle , which was featured prominently on the mission insignia . </P>
what was the name of the spacecraft in apollo 11
The Command Module was named Columbia The Lunar Module was named Eagle