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Collins’ first task was to separate the command and service modules from the Saturn and proceed away from it a safe distance; then turn around and face it.
Preparing to dock with Lunar Module
Almost docked
Docked
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As Apollo 11 passed over Western Australia, at T+2 hours 26 minutes Houston relayed to Collins, Armstrong, and Aldrin – through Carnarvon – formal permission to go to the moon. “Apollo 11, this is Houston. You are go for TLI.” Mike Collins answered, “Apollo 11. Thank you.”
Apollo 11 first stage separation
TransLunar Injection
Apollo 11 Flight Profile
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Many historians agree, the U.S. took its first step toward the moon in the spring of 1957, four years before President Kennedy declared the national goal of landing a man on the Moon, and returning him safely to the Earth. While still preparing for the launch of its first Jupiter (May 31 1957), the Army rocket team at Huntsville, Alabama, began studies of a booster ten times more powerful than the 150,000-pound thrust Jupiter…
Clustered Booster
Thor-Jupiter Engine
Early H-1 Engine
Launch Complex 34 Cape Canaveral
Proposed Saturn B Rocket
Proposed Saturn C Rocket
Saturn with Titan & Atlas Upper Stages
Saturn C-1 and Earlier Vehicles
Proposed Saturn C-2 Rocket
Booster Stage (S-I)
Second Stage (S-IV)
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A Saturn V liftoff is spectacular, and the launch of Apollo 11 was no exception. But it didn’t give the audience any surprises. To the three Gemini-experienced pilots, who likened the sensation to the boost of a Titan II, it was a normal launch.
Launch of Apollo 11
Former Pres. Johnson & current VP Spiro T. Agnew watch the launch of Apollo 11
Apollo 11-The Rocket’s Red Glare
