Moon Landing

Primary objectives of Apollo 11:

• Sampling of materials in a preselected region of the Fra Mauro formation.
• To deploy and activate an Apollo lunar surface experiments package.
• Obtain photographs of candidate exploration sites.

Apollo, zone of interest.

Interesting questions.

• Who were the Apollo 11 astronauts?
• The Apollo 11 crew consisted of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins
• How did Apollo 11 get back to Earth with no fuel?
• The TLI placed Apollo on a "free-return trajectory" - often illustrated as a figure of eight shape. This course would have harnessed the power of the Moon's gravity to propel the spacecraft back to Earth without the need for more rocket fuel.
• Is Eagle still orbiting the Moon?
• After the crew re-boarded Columbia, the Eagle was abandoned in lunar orbit. Although its ultimate fate remains unknown, some calculations by the physicist James Meador published in 2021 showed that Eagle could theoretically still be in lunar orbit./li>
• How much did the Apollo 11 weigh?
• Apollo 11 Nation United States Spacecraft Mass 63,495 pounds (28,801 kilograms)
• How did Apollo 11 almost crash?
• Although the historic Apollo 11 mission's three astronauts made it home safe, a once-classified anomaly almost killed them. The problem occurred during Apollo 11's return to Earth. It caused a discarded space module to nearly crash into the crew's capsule.
• How was the Moon landing broadcast to the world?
• The most famous transmission, the moon landing itself, was broadcast to the world on July 21, 1969. This footage captured Armstrong and Aldrin climbing down from the lunar module and onto the surface of the moon. The camera was stored on the module itself so it did not need to be held.

Facts:

• Apollo 11 was the first mission that achieved a crewed moon landing.


• It took the spacecraft 76 hours to reach the moon.


• Neil Armstrong was the first person on the moon.


• Buzz Aldrin followed Armstrong 19 minutes later.


• The Apollo 11 spacecraft flew at 24,236 miles per hour.


• Armstrong and Aldrin collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth as pilot Michael Collins flew the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit, and were on the Moon's surface for 21 hours, 36 minutes before lifting off to rejoin Columbia.

Moon Schedules

Apollo summary:

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