Saturn V | Apollo 11
Launch information
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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’.
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
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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
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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
Latest news about the launch
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55 Years Ago: Celebrations for Apollo 11 Continue as Apollo 12 Prepares to Revisit the Moon
In September 1969, celebrations continued to mark the successful first human Moon landing two months earlier, and NASA prepared for the next visit to the Moon. The hometowns of the Apollo 11 astronauts held parades in their honor, the postal service recog...
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...
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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