Saturn V | Apollo 11

Launch information

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Mission description

Apollo 11 was commanded by Neil Armstrong , Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin. The Mission was to complete the goal that President John F. Kennedy set on May 25, 1961 to land a man on the moon and return the crew back to Earth. On July 20,1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed there Lunar Module on the sea of tranquility this marked the first time a human has set foot upon another celestial body.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Saturn V | Apollo 11’.

Launch image Saturn V | Apollo 11

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: July 16, 1969, 1:32 p.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Apollo 11 (LO)

Launcher

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rocket

Saturn V

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Saturn V | Apollo 11’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
4039 APOLLO 11 CM (COLUMBIA) None None UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed
4041 APOLLO 11 LM (APS) None None UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Saturn V | Apollo 11’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#987

To this date

Location Launch

#6

To this date

Pad Launch

#5

To this date

Agency Launch

#100

To this date

Orbital Launch

#69

Year 1969

Location Launch

#3

Year 1969

Pad Launch

#2

Year 1969

Agency Launch

#3

Year 1969

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55 Years Ago: Celebrations for Apollo 11 Continue as Apollo 12 Prepares to Revisit the Moon

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55 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Astronauts End Quarantine, Feted from Coast to Coast

On Aug. 10, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin completed their 21-day quarantine after returning from the Moon. The historic nature of their mission resulted in a very busy postflight schedule for Arm...

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55 Years Ago: One Year Before the Moon Landing

In July 1968, much work still remained to meet the goal President John F. Kennedy set in May 1961, to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade. No American astronaut had flown in space since the November 1966 ...


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