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Monthly Archives: July 2009
40 Years after Apollo 11: July 22
Not much is happening today. Neil, Buzz, and Mike are heading home. They’re now far enough away from the Moon to where they can take a picture of the whole thing. It’s pretty much the same as when they were … Continue reading
40 Years after Apollo 11: July 21
Neil and Buzz, after spending about 20 hours on the Moon, head back up to join Mike in the command/service module. And as we’ve seen almost every step of the way with Apollo, they’ve left behind the part of their … Continue reading
40 Years after Apollo 11: July 20 – Landing Day!
While working on this little chronicle, there have been days when I’ve really had to search to find pictures that were definitely from that day. Not so here. Around 300 pictures were taken on the surface of the Moon on … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Screen Death, Landing Day, LM, Mission Control, Neil Buzz, Steve Bales, Years Apollo
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40 Years after Apollo 11: July 19
Apollo 11 has arrived in lunar orbit. When they got close enough to the Moon, they fired the service module rocket to slow them down enough to be captured by the Moon’s gravity. Now, Neil and Buzz have gotten into … Continue reading
40 Years after Apollo 11: July 18
Apollo 11 is coasting to the Moon. Of the huge 363 foot tall rocket that blasted off from Florida, only a small portion remains. As each stage of the rocket fires and uses up its fuel, it is jettisoned so … Continue reading
40 Years after Apollo 11: July 17
Apollo launched yesterday and spent a little time in Earth orbit to make sure everything was working. Now, they’ve fired the stage four rocket to blast out of Earth orbit and head for the Moon, which will take a couple … Continue reading
40 Years after Apollo 11: July 16 – Launch Day!
This is it. The beginning of Humanity’s longest trip so far. Start it off with breakfast, the most important meal of the day (and the only non-liquid food you’ll get for a week.) It’s a light meal of steak, eggs, … Continue reading
40 Years after Apollo 11: July 15
One day until launch. This is the only picture I could find with a confirmed date of July 15. It’s Buzz having dinner the night before launch. Yup, that’s a big honkin’ steak. If you look back to July 13, … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzz Aldrin, Doctorate Science Astronautics, It Buzz, Korean War, MIT, West Point, Years Apollo
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40 Years after Apollo 11: July 14
Two days before launch. Neil looks over volume 3 of the 5 volume flight plan. “Let’s see… P40 DPS Thrust. MNVR to DOI attitude. Trim Vx residuals. Pitch down, P=195, RR-ON. P20 man lock – on. RR-OFF. P30 ext delta-v. … Continue reading
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Tagged DOI, DPS, MNVR, PDI, RR, Trim Vx, Years Apollo
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40 Years after Apollo 11: July 13
Buzz, Neil, and Mike at the last pre-flight press conference. The astronauts were already in medical quarantine (sneezing in zero-G is just… no… bad… no… the goo goes in every direction.) In order to keep nasty germs away from the … Continue reading