ABOUT APOLLO

Our Vision
Our History
The Impact
Staff & Board
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OUR VISION

The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.

OUR HISTORY

1969

Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong's televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969.

21 hours

Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours, 36 minutes on the moon's surface. After a rest period that included seven hours of sleep, the ascent stage engine fired at 124 hours, 22 minutes. It was shut down 435 seconds later when the Eagle reached an initial orbit of 11 by 55 miles above the moon, and when Columbia was on its 25th revolution.

July 20

Approximately two and a quarter hours after descending to the surface, the astronauts began preparations to reenter the LM, after which the astronauts slept. The ascent from the lunar surface began at 124:22 GET, 21 hours and 36 minutes after the lunar landing. The CM entered the atmosphere of the Earth with a velocity of 36,194 feet per second and landed in the Pacific Ocean.

THE IMPACT

Lunar rocks are in large part made of the same common rock forming minerals as found on Earth, such as olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase feldspar (anorthosite).Plagioclase feldspar is mostly found in the lunar crust, whereas pyroxene and olivine are typically seen in the lunar mantle.

  • Pyroxene

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  • Olivine

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  • Plagioclase Feldspar

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LAUNCH

July 16, 1969
13:32:00 UT (09:32 a.m. EDT) Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility)
0.67 N, 23.47 E

ACTION ITEM

TEAM

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Commander

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Michael Collins

Michael Collins

Command Module Pilot

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Edwin Aldrin

Edwin Aldrin

Lunar Module Pilot

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