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Suddenly, Buzz and Neil heard the high-pitched sound of the Master Alarm. On the computer display the “PROG” light glowed amber. “Program alarm,” Armstrong radioed. Quickly, Aldrin queried the computer for the alarm code, and “1202” flashed on the display.
Lunar Module computer DSKY
Powered Descent
Top-Steve Bales. Jack Garmin below receiving award from Alan Shepard & George Low
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The machine-like performance of flight crew and ground controllers continued. Each participant was in perfect harmony with the other, moving to a cadence dictated by the laws of physics and the clock.
Gene Kranz, with his white vest, working at the Flight Director’s console.
Capcom for the Lunar landing Charlie Duke. Jim Lovell and Fred Haise sitting beside him.
Mike Collins took this picture after the LM undocked from the CM.
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As they passed behind the moon, they had just over 8 minutes to go before the burn. They were super-careful now, they checked and rechecked each step several times. It had to be perfect. Just one digit in the computer out of place could send them into a lunar mountain or turn them and send them into orbit around the sun.
Solar corona of the Moon as first seen by Apollo 11 crew
Lunar orbit insertion
Tucson Daily Citizen newspaper July 19, 1969
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What do we call this strange region between earth and moon? Cislunar space is the most common term, Is it day or night? Humans generally define night as that time when our planet is between our eyes and the sun, so this must be considered constant daytime, But it looks like night out of Command Module’s windows.
The Earth viewed form Apollo 11 during cislunar coast
Entering the Lunar Module for checkout
Buzz Aldrin in the Lunar Module
