{"id":4289,"date":"2019-07-16T04:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T09:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2019-07-22T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T23:40:37","slug":"apollo-11-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/apollo-11-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 11: Day 1"},"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 16 marks Day 1, the day of the launch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wakeup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Astronauts Eat Breakfast (L to R Anders, Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin, Slayton) and then off to Pad 39A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The astronauts are awakened at 4:15am.  Their first task: eat breakfast.  It was not continental affair.  The menu was steaks and eggs, orange juice\ntoast and coffee.  Following breakfast,\nthe astronauts began to suit up for the mission, the time 5:35am.  The process took nearly an hour, but at\n6:27am the three got I an air-conditioned van and were driven the eight miles\nto the launch pad.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Countdown<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Neil Armstrong was the first to enter the Command\nModule at 6:54am.  Armstrong was seated\non the left, Buzz Aldrin entered five minutes later and sat in the middle,\nMichael Collins sat to the right.  The\nnext 2+ hours are filled with system checks as the countdown continues.  The temperature is in the mid-80s and a\nslight breeze blows from the southeast.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eager citizens, dignitaries and other visitors are\nseated 3.5 miles from the launch pad. \nSome are seated in grandstands and others stand on the sand flats.  It is estimated that one million people are around\nthe Cape to watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Launch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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At 9:32am, five of the Saturn V\u2019s engines create a tremendous\nfireball, followed by a thunderous roar and the huge rocket slowly lifts from\nthe pad.  \u201cGood luck and Godspeed\u201d radios\nLaunch Control.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within three minutes the craft is traveling 6,340 miles\nper hour, 37 miles high and 61 miles downrange from the Cape.  The craft enters an orbit of the earth at\n9:44am so that astronauts and ground personnel can check over the craft.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onto the Moon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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At 12:22pm the astronauts are blasted out of earth\u2019s\norbit towards the moon. Twenty-seven minutes later the astronauts unpack the\nEagle (LM).  Once they unpack the Eagle\nthey dock into onto the Columbia.  They\nspeed towards the moon at 24,200mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 8:52pm the astronauts are cleared to go to\nbed.  This is two hours earlier than\nplanned.  However, after sixteen hours of\nwork, the astronauts have earned a rest.<\/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 16 marks Day 1, the day of the launch.  The Wakeup The astronauts are awakened at 4:15am.  Their first task: eat breakfast.  It was not continental affair.  The menu was steaks and eggs, […]<\/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":[1032,185,1033,1029,1030,1031],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nApollo 11: Day 1 - Doctor Aviation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apollo 11: This past week marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. 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