“We have been given the scientific knowledge, the technical
ability and the materials to pursue the exploration of the
universe. To ignore these great resources would be a corruption
of a God-given ability.”
— Wernher von Braun, 1967
Neil ArmstrongCDRMichael CollinsCMPBuzz AldrinLMP
APOLLO 11NASA · 1969Mission Control · Houston · July 16, 1969 NASA
CHOOSE YOUR ASTRONAUT
The lunar module has undocked. Fly the descent — or hold orbit in the command module and bring everyone home.
1 / 2 or click — Enter confirms
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Apollo
Mission goal: ride the Saturn V off the pad — countdown, staging and the pitch program into Earth parking orbit, then the full mission.
Part 0 — Five F-1 engines light under you at LC-39A, on your mission's real launch date and time (Apollo 17 goes at night). Countdown, tower clear, max-Q, two stagings, then Earth parking orbit: coast as long as you like before going for TLI.
The guidance computer flies the eight-minute braking burn from 450 km out, exactly like the flown missions — throttle recovery, pitch-over, the approach glide. At low gate (150 m) it calls "you have control" and you land it by hand, like Armstrong. Not ranked on the leaderboard.
CFree camera from liftoff — drag orbits, wheel zooms out to the whole Earth
SpaceIn parking orbit: go for the trans-lunar injection (or stay in orbit as long as you like)
RBack to the pad
Mostly a ride — the mighty one. Sit back through countdown, staging and the climb into Earth parking orbit; the Skip button jumps straight to TLI whenever you're ready.
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