{"id":4371,"date":"2019-07-24T00:26:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2019-07-24T00:26:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T05:26:12","slug":"apollo-11-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/apollo-11-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 11: Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apollo 11: This past week marked the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary.&nbsp; Doctor Aviation will post a daily blog recounting each day of the voyage.&nbsp; July 22 marks Day 7, the sixth day after the launch.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Early Morning Hours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The astronauts continue their workday from July\n21.&nbsp; At 12:56am on the backside of the\nmoon, the Command Module begins what is called a transearth injection\nburn.&nbsp; This burn is designed to\naccelerate the spacecraft so that it can escape the moon\u2019s gravitational pull\nand begin heading back towards the earth.&nbsp;\nApollo is traveling at 5,329 feet per second.&nbsp; At 4:30am, the astronauts are allowed to go\nto sleep.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Trip Back to Earth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The day is rather uneventful.&nbsp; The astronauts are allowed to sleep to 1:00pm\n(a teenager\u2019s dream).&nbsp; Interestingly, at\n1:39pm, at a point 174,000 miles from the earth (and 33,800 miles from the\nmoon) the larger body of the earth begins to exert more of a gravitational pull\non the capsule than the moon.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A midcourse correction is made at 4:02pm and an 18-minute\ntelevision broadcast occurs at 9:08pm.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Neil Armstrong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/armstrong-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4373\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With little occurring on this day, I will highlight\nthe career of Neil Armstrong.&nbsp; Armstrong\ngrew up in Ohio.&nbsp; He began flying as a\nteenager.&nbsp;&nbsp; After high school, he\nattended Purdue University, with its renowned aeronautical engineering program.&nbsp; Purdue was part of the Holloway Plan.&nbsp; With this plan, Armstrong attended Purdue for\ntwo years, served three years as a Navy flyer and then returned for his final\ntwo years at Purdue.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/F9F-2_Panthers_VF-51_over_Korea_1951-1024x592.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4374\" width=\"318\" height=\"184\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During his Navy stint, while flying off the carrier, the USS Essex, Armstrong\u2019s F-9 Panther is damaged over North Korea and Armstrong is forced to eject.&nbsp; Fortunately, he returned to friendly territory safely.&nbsp; After finishing at Purdue, Armstrong eventually began a career as a test pilot for NASA.&nbsp; He flew a variety of aircraft including the X-15, a rocket plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Gemini-8-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Gemini-8-logo.png 240w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Gemini-8-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Armstrong was part of the second group of astronauts selected in September 1962.\u00a0 Armstrong was one of the first two civilians selected for the position.\u00a0 Armstrong got his chance in space aboard Gemini 8 in March of 1966.\u00a0 When his capsule began rotating uncontrollably, Armstrong\u2019s coolness under pressure allowed him to use a head to activate a system and deactivate another to stop the rolling.\u00a0 His performance caught the attention of NASA officials and was a factor in his selection as Commander of Apollo 11.\u00a0 More on Armstrong can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/video-course\/\">Doctor Aviation Session 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo 11: This past week marked the 50th anniversary.&nbsp; 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