Never with such anticipation. July 16th, 9 32 a. M. Three hours later, the apollo command module moves forward to extract the lunar module from the third stage of the launch vehicle. Both are moving than more than 17,000 miles an hour. Docked together they will sail a quarter million miles through space to earths neighbor. During the three day journey to the moon, the astronauts kept busy, check lists, navigation and observation, house keeping. They must work in a weightless environment, keeping their space craft and themselves in good condition. Data must be collected and reported, experiments must be performed including photography inside and outside of the space craft. Because of the film speed these actions appear faster than they actually were. July 19th, apollo 11 slows down and goes into orbit around the moon. The bright blue planet of earth now lies 238,000 miles beyond the lunar ho