{"id":4285,"date":"2019-07-15T16:14:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2019-07-22T18:34:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T23:34:53","slug":"apollo-11-day-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/apollo-11-day-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 11: Day 0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apollo 11: This week marks the 50th<\/sup>\nanniversary.  Doctor Aviation will post a\ndaily blog recounting each day of the voyage. \nJuly 15 marks Day 0, the day before launch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rocket<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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von Braun<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Apollo 11 was carried to the moon by a gigantic Saturn V rocket.\u00a0 The Saturn V was the brainchild of German (turned American) scientist Wernher von Braun.\u00a0 Von Braun and his team labored at the Huntsville Alabama rocket center throughout the 1950s into the 1960s endeavoring to perfect rocket technology.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spacecraft<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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At the top of the Saturn V rested the three-part\nspacecraft.  The Command Module (CM)\ndubbed the Columbia.  The Service Module,\nwhich contained the equipment for the mission, think of it as the utility room\nin an office building.  Finally, the\nLunar Module (affectionately called the LEM by the astronauts), which would\nbring two of the astronauts to the lunar service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Location<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Cape Canaveral<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Apollo 11 was designed to be launched from Cape Canaveral,\npart of the larger Cape Kennedy complex near Cocoa Beach Florida.  The Cape\u2019s location n the Atlantic Ocean\nprovided the ability to blast off and guide the trajectory of the spacecraft\nout over the ocean, minimizing potential damage to people on land in the event\nof an explosion.  There are multiple\nlaunch pads at the Cape, Apollo 11 sat on Pad 39A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Day\u2019s Activity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Saturn V<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

July 15, 1969 was a day of testing of all launch and\nother systems of Apollo 11.  Meanwhile,\nseveral hundred thousand average Americans in tents RVS, etc. gathered to be in\nposition to view the historic launch scheduled for the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apollo 11: This week marks the 50th anniversary.  Doctor Aviation will post a daily blog recounting each day of the voyage.  July 15 marks Day 0, the day before launch.  The Rocket Apollo 11 was carried to the moon by a gigantic Saturn V rocket.\u00a0 The Saturn V was the brainchild of German (turned American) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":338,"featured_media":4286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[39],"tags":[185,1026,1025,1027,1028,789],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nApollo 11: Day 0 - Doctor Aviation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apollo 11: This past week marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. 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