THE FIRST LUNAR

LANDING1. Apollo 11 Crew

2. Time Table

3. Saturn V

4. Planning Ahead

5. Docking with Eagle

6. Science Experiments

Neil Armstrong

Mission

Commander

Edwin Aldrin

Lunar

Module Pilot

Apollo 11 Crew

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Michael Collins

Command

Module Pilot

Apollo 11 Time Table

Launched: July 16th 1969

Landed on Moon:July 20th 1969

Returned to Earth: July 24, 1969

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1. Most powerful rocket ever built

2. 363 ft. high and 7.5 million lbs. of thrust at lift off

3. Combined horsepower of 543 jet fighters

4. 50 tons accelerated to 24,000 mph.

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Major Components of the Saturn V Rocket

1. Launch Escape System2. Command Module3. Service Module4. Lunar Module5. Third, Second and First

stage

- Columbia or CSM

- Eagle or LM

Was Apollo 11 aimed at the Moon?

Apollo 11 was aimed at the future position of the Moon.

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This image shows the Eagle inside the stage 3 section of the Saturn rocket.

Explosive panels released the Eagle from Stage 3.

The docking procedure was a combination of automated and manual controls.

The command module had to turn around and connect with the LM.

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Science Experiments

It provided data on the interior of the Moon.

Passive Seismic Experiment

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Science Experiments

It provides data on the Moon’s retreat and plate tectonics.

This is the only Apollo experiment still providing data.

Laser Reflector

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Laser beam aimed at Moon by a telescope at McDonald Observatory

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Science Experiments

Solar Wind Detector

It provided data on the structure and composition of the Sun.

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Assignment for the remainder of class: Pg. 226 Rev. #15