For a priceless moment, all the people on this earth are truly one.
metaphor
Dances over its own dark shadow. (referring to the Eagle)
personification
The Eagle's top half rises like a fast-moving elevator.
simile
The Eagle is like a gold-speckled bug falling out of the sky
simile
They twirl like slow-motion tiptoe dancers.
simile
Spidery shadows creep in the rising sunlight
personification
"A big blue eyeball." he thinks.(referring to earth)
metaphor
The earth stares down.
personification
Zoom!
onomatopoeia
Then bang!
onomatopoeia
But underneath its surface dust, the moon is like steel.
simile
It's surface gouged and cratered and pitted with tiny holes, like a battlefield from some ancient war.
simile
Then click.
onomatopoeia
Dark ridges rise like forbidding walls
simile
The surface is as fine as powered charcoal.
simile
It is flung free like the tail-end skater in a game of crack-the-whip.
simile
He blinks back at the bright blue eye. (referring to earth)
metaphor
Whew!
onomatopoeia
It is like an intricate dance: Columbia leads; Eagle follows. (2 types)
simile, personification
Because of the moon's lesser gravity, they feel light as air.
simile
The spacecraft's spindly legs poke out as it rides on its back.
personification
Whoosh!
onomatopoeia
Like two boys bouncing on a trampoline.
simile