Apollo 11
Crew:
Neil Armstrong [2], Commander
Michael Collins [2], CSM Pilot
Edwin Aldrin [2], LM Pilot
Backup Crew:
James Lovell, Commander
William Anders, CSM Pilot
Fred Haise, LM Pilot
Launch:
Location: John F. Kennedy Space Center
Pad: 39-A
Date: 16 July 1969
Time: 13:32:00 UTC
Flight:
Mission Duration: 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Lunar Landing:
Location: Sea of Tranquility (Lunar 71° N, 23.63° E)
Touchdown: 20 July 1969 20:17:40 UTC
EVA#1: 2 hours, 32 minutes
Liftoff: 21 July 1969 17:54:01 UTC
Surface Stay Time: 21 hours, 36 minutes, 21 seconds
Landing:
Date: 24 July 1969
Time: 16:50:35 UTC
Recovery:
Location: Pacific Ocean (13° 19' N, 169° 9' W)
Vessel: USS Hornet (CVS-12)
The single EVA began at 02:39 UTC. The first step on the moon occurred at 02:56:15 UTC, 21 July 1969.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin became the first and second men to walk on the Moon on 20 July 1969, in the Sea of Tranquility. There was 1 EVA lasting 2 hours and 31 minutes. Total time on the lunar surface was 21.6 hours. Time in lunar orbit was 59.5 hours, completing 30 orbits. There was 44 lbs of lunar material gathered.
This mission was the culmination of a challenge given to the nation eight years earlier, on 25 May 1961, by United States President John F. Kennedy
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The Command and Service Module (CSM) was named Columbia, and the Lunar Module (LM) was named Eagle.
Launch was by Saturn V.
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The Apollo 11 command module is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
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Liftoff! |
| Earth, as seen from Apollo 11. |  |
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Neil Armstrong steps onto the lunar surface. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". |
| A foot print in the dust. |  |
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The American flag, on the moon. |
| "Buzz" Aldrin at work, setting up an experiment. |  |
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The ascent module, as seen from Columbia (the command module). |
| The moon as seen from Apollo 11 on the journey home. |  |
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Apollo 11 splashdown. |
"The Eagle Has Landed" by Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Crew
Archived NASA page for Apollo 11
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