December 8, 2010
Trajectory is Go
Portion of image from Maurice Collins
Technical Details
From the NASM page: This graphic details the sequence of major events during the flight of Apollo 11 to the Moon and back to Earth, July 16-24, 1969. The journey begins with launch of the Saturn V from Earth (shown on the left). The trip to the Moon and the landing are depicted on the trajectory at the bottom of the graphic. Lift off from the Moon and the journey back to Earth are depicted on the trajectory at the top of the graphic.
Related Links
If you want to fly the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) to the Moon using the Display and Keyboard (DSKY), there is a great free emulator written with the same code as the Apollo computers called
Virtual AGC
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