Showing posts with label Apollo 11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apollo 11. Show all posts
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Apollo 11
Mission type Manned lunar landing
Operator NASA[1]
COSPAR ID CSM: 1969-059A
LM: 1969-059C
SATCAT № CSM: 4039
LM: 4041
Mission duration 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Apollo CSM-107
Apollo LM-5
Manufacturer CSM: North American Rockwell
LM: Grumman
Launch mass 100,756 pounds (45,702 kg)
Landing mass 10,873 pounds (4,932 kg)
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.
Callsign CSM: Columbia
LM: Eagle
On surface: Tranquility Base
Start of mission
Launch date July 16, 1969, 13:32:00 UTC
Rocket Saturn V SA-506
Launch site Kennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date July 24, 1969, 16:50:35 UTC[2]
Landing site North Pacific Ocean
13°19′N 169°9′W[2]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Selenocentric
Periselene 100.9 kilometers (54.5 nmi)[3]
Aposelene 122.4 kilometers (66.1 nmi)[3]
Inclination 1.25 degrees[3]
Period 2 hours[3]
Epoch July 19, 1969, 21:44 UTC[3]
Lunar orbiter
Spacecraft component Command/Service Module
Orbital insertion July 19, 1969, 17:21:50 UTC[4]
Departed orbit July 22, 1969, 04:55:42 UTC[4]
Orbits 30
Lunar lander
Spacecraft component Lunar Module
Landing date July 20, 1969, 20:18:04 UTC[5]
Return launch July 21, 1969, 17:54 UTC
Landing site Mare Tranquillitatis
0.67408°N 23.47297°E[6]
Sample mass 21.55 kilograms (47.51 lb)
Surface EVAs 1
EVA duration 2 hours, 31 minutes 40 seconds
Docking with LM
Docking date July 16, 1969, 16:56:03 UTC[4]
Undocking date July 20, 1969, 17:44:00 UTC[4]
Docking with LM Ascent Stage
Docking date July 21, 1969, 21:35:00 UTC[4]
Undocking date July 21, 1969, 23:41:31 UTC[4]
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