Saturn V | Apollo 11
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Apollo 11
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.
Apollo Columbia CSM-107
Serial CSM-107
Launch Crew Count 3
Status Single Use
Landing Time 1969-07-24T16:50:00+0000
Crew
Neil Armstrong
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1930-08-05
Deceased 2012-08-25
Status Deceased
Type Government
Michael Collins
Command Module Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1930-10-31
Deceased 2021-04-28
Status Deceased
Type Government
Buzz Aldrin
Lunar Module Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1930-01-20
Status Retired
Type Government
Saturn V
Height 110.60 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 35100 kN
Diameter 10.10 Meters
Mass To LEO 140000 kg
Liftoff Mass 2970 Tonnes
Launch Success 12
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 1967-11-09
Launch Failures 1
Programs
Apollo
The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
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Splashdown - Apollo 11th (50th Anni.)
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The Launch Pad
