Apollo 11

Mission Highlights
Apollo 11 launched from Cape
Kennedy on July 16, 1969,
carrying Commander Neil
Armstrong, Command Module
Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar
Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz"
Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit
of 114 by 116 miles. An
estimated 530 million people
watched Armstrong's televised
image and heard his voice
describe the event as he took
"...one small step for a man, one
giant leap for mankind" on July
20, 1969.
Two hours, 44 minutes and one-
and-a-half revolutions after
launch, the S-IVB stage reignited
for a second burn of five
minutes, 48 seconds, placing
Apollo 11 into a translunar orbit.
The command and service
module, or CSM, Columbia
separated from the stage, which
included the spacecraft-lunar
module adapter, or SLA,
containing the lunar module, or
LM, Eagle. After transposition
and jettisoning of the SLA panels
on the S-IVB stage, the CSM
docked with the LM. The S-IVB
stage separated and injected into
heliocentric orbit four h