Page 28 - Command Module News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Perhaps it was appropriate that a reclusive engineer not a dashing air force pilot should be the 1st man to set foot on the moon. his name was neil alton armstrong. shortly after 7 in the morning the 3 astronauts headed for the launch pad. with. armstrong the mission commander and pilot buzz aldrin will attempt a landing. michael collins will stay on board the command module as it continues to orbit the moon. it's now been 8 years and 2 months since president kennedy gave the order.

Islands on an altitude of 190 kilometers. now the crew had to make a key flight decision once they did there would be no turning back. nearly 3 hours after liftoff the 3rd stage of the saturn 5 rocket was fired which pushed the apollo capsule into a trajectory toward the moon. about 30 minutes later the crew separated the command module from the spent 3rd stage of the rocky. and docked with the eagle lunar module that was still attached to it the

Spacecraft. >> about 130,000 miles out. >> hello there. he's down on his head again. he's trying to make me nervous. >> copy. we see 651. >> we have a happy home. plenty of room for the three of us. >> apollo 11 is presently 131 nautical miles from earth. >> the spacecraft slowly rotates to maintain thermal balance. >> it's good night from the white team, over. >> okay. see you tomorrow. thank you for everything. >> good morning, apollo 11. >> good morning, houston. apollo 11. >> yeah, i've got the world in my window. >> sounds like one of these rotating restaurants. >> let's hand over to the ...

>> looks good, mike. >> okay. we're all yours. roger. >> communications are somewhat scratchy. columbia and eagle now reunited to become apollo 11 again. >> apollo 11, houston, got minute and a half to l.o.s. looking great. been a mighty fine day. >> boy, you're not kidding. >> armstrong and aldrin transferring back to the command module with mike collins. >> houston, this is columbia reading you loud and clear. we're all three back inside. the hatch is installed. we're running a pressure check. everything is going well. >> rog, how does it feel up there to have some company? >> damn good, i'l...

>> hey, condition. 4,000, 3,500 feet on the way down. latitude/longitude, 1330. 16915. >> roger. copy. >> hornet reports spacecraft right on target point. >> splashdown. splashdown. this is the command module. >> roger. >> stable one now. stable one. >> your condition? >> our condition is excellent. we're just fine. take your time. >> all right. >> that was mike collins reporting the crew was excellent. >> astronaut is in the net.