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Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 13:32 UTC, and it was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program.
On Apollo 11, TLI came at 2 hours and 44 minutes after launch. The S-IVB burned for almost six minutes, giving the spacecraft a velocity close to the Earth's escape velocity of 25,053 mph (40,319 km/h). This gave an energy-efficient transfer to lunar orbit, with the Moon helping to capture the spacecraft with a minimum of CSM fuel consumption. [11]
He was serving as Flight Director for Apollo 11 when the Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Kranz was chosen to be one of the first flight directors to fly crewed Apollo missions. [4] Kranz worked with the contractor, McDonnell-Douglas on the Mercury and Gemini project, but for Apollo there was a new contractor, Rockwell. [4]
These are some lesser-known about the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that put humans on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / AWL-drin; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot.He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 is a 2009 children's picturebook by Brian Floca about the Apollo 11 spaceflight to the Moon. It was published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. It was published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
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