ejection. >> houston, apollo 11, we've completed our maneuver. >> houston, roger that. >> this is apollo control. at 6 hours 16 minutes into the mission, velocity now 11,479 feet per second. apollo 11's distance from earth, 5,000 naught ca 5,000 nautical miles. >> we'll be ready to copy in a minute or two. >> the spacecraft will be placed in the passive thermal control mode. it will be rotated about its x-axis at a rate of about 3 revolutions per hour to maintain proper temperature balance within the spacecraft. >> houston, you might be entered that out my window right now, i can observe the entire continent