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Date: July 21, 2014 10:34:00 PM CDT
To: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Subject: FW: APOLLO 11 PHOTO FLASHBACK

Lots of NASA photos about Apollo 11, but NASA PAO does not show the NASA photos taken in the Mission Evaluation Room (MER) where the Engineering, SR&QA, and Apollo Program Management were located to support the mission. Probably because it was not very glamorous(no consoles with displays and audio loops, just grey table with communication box to monitor Crew & Flight Director with black headsets, and data displayed on TV monitor slaved to the one of the MCC ECOM position displays, if you wanted to see ECS data instead of EPS data you had to call the MCC ECOM on the black phone to request it).  Photo NASA S-69-52725

 

Sharing a bit of Engineering & SR&QA history not very well known,

Gary Johnson

 

Humans first walked on another world 45 years ago

BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: July 20, 2014

Half a billion people flocked to televisions as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon 45 years ago Sunday, watching the extraordinary moment from around the world.

A few hours later, on the evening of July 20, 1969, in the United States, the astronauts opened the hatch to the Eagle lunar module and stepped onto the moon's unexplored landscape.

Armstrong's immortal words and the grainy video beamed back to Earth will forever occupy a crucial chapter in history -- the moment when humans first visited an alien world.

Spaceflight Now presents a catalogue of photos from the Apollo 11 archive at NASA's history office.

 

Apollo 11 launched from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, 1969. 

Credit: NASA

 

 

Earthrise from lunar orbit prior to landing. Credit: NASA

 

 

Lunar module inspection after undocking. Credit: NASA

 

 

Crater 308 viewed from orbit. Credit: NASA

 

 

Lunar module pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Credit: NASA

 

 

Flight controllers during lunar module descent. Credit: NASA

 

 

View from LM window just after landing. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin exits the lunar module. Credit: NASA

 

 

View of the lunar module skirt and descent engine nozzle. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin at the base of the ladder. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin erects solar wind experiment. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin's boot and footprint in lunar soil. Credit: NASA

 

 

Neil Armstrong works at the LM. Credit: NASA

 

 

LM ladder and commemorative plaque. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin stands beside LM strut and probe. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin poses for portrait. Credit: NASA

 

 

LM footpad and contact probe. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin unpacks experiments from LM. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin carries experiments for deployment. Credit: NASA

 

 

Aldrin assembles seismic experiment. Credit: NASA

 

 

Armstrong photo of LM from a distance. Credit: NASA

 

 

Armstrong inside the lunar module after the first moonwalk. Credit: NASA

 

 

Flag and TV camera viewed from LM window. Credit: NASA

 

 

Lunar module approaches the command and service module for docking with Earthrise in background. Credit: NASA

 

 

View of the full lunar disc during the return trip. Credit: NASA

 

 

Closeup of Earth and the terminator. Credit: NASA

 

 

Mission control celebrates after Apollo 11's return. Credit: NASA

 

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Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 21, 1969: Launching from the Moon

By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor   |   July 21, 2014 07:17am ET

 

 

This Rocketdyne artist's concept depicts the firing of the ascent engine as the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) ascent stage launches from the surface of the moon on July 21, 1969. The descent stage serves as a launch base and remained on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA View full size image

After what must surely have been an exciting day, Apollo 11 moonwalkers Neil Armstrong (commander) and Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot) were told to sleep around 4:25 a.m. They had just spent about 2.5 hours walking on the surface of the Sea of Tranquility and also fielding geology questions from an eager Mission Control, back on Earth. Armstrong slept in a hammock on the hatch and engine cover, while Aldrin slept on the floor.

Circling overhead, alone in his command module Columbia, was pilot Michael Collins. "Not since Adam has any human known such solitude as Mike Collins is experiencing during this 47 minutes of each lunar revolution when he's behind the Moon with no one to talk to except his tape recorder aboard Columbia," a broadcast from Mission Control stated that morning.

Apollo 11 Moon Landing 45th Anniversary: Complete Coverage

Eagle took off from the moon at 1:54 p.m., leaving its descent stage behind as planned. To lighten their load on the ride into orbit, the astronauts left several other items behind # including two still cameras, their "backpacks" or portable life support systems and their boots. Of course, they also left behind their experiments and an American flag that were erected on the moon.

It took four hours for Eagle to meet up with Columbia, which was the astronauts' ride back home. The two spacecraft docked at 5:35 p.m., reuniting the Apollo 11 crew for the first time since the landing. At 7:42 p.m., the astronauts jettisoned Eagle forever, getting them ready for the trip back to Earth.

With the first manned moon landing behind them and the astronauts now in one spacecraft again, the next task would be to bring everyone back to Earth for a planned landing on July 24.

NASA's Historic Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Pictures

 

Apollo 11 Flight Log:

July 20, 1969: The Moon Landing
July 19, 1969: Live TV from Near the Moon
July 18, 1969: Entering the Moon's Gravity
July 17, 1969: Course Correction to Reach the Moon
July 16, 1969: Launch Day

 

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