Apollo 11 mission plan
Every hour of the Apollo 11 mission had a different page with the flight plan for that specific 60-minute period. Here you can take a look at what the astronauts were reviewing as they prepared for the actual landing on the moon — 102 hours and 47 minutes after they were launched from Earth. (There were a total of 185 pages in the plan.)
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The abbreviations seen on the plan are as follows:
- CSM = Command Service Module
- LM = Lunar Module
- MCC-H = Mission Control Center-Houston
- CMP = Command Module Pilot (Mike Collins)
- CDR = Commander of the Mission (Neil Armstrong)
- LMP = Lunar Module Pilot (Buzz Aldrin)
Top photo: A picture of Earth taken by Apollo 11 astronauts. From the Moon, Earth is 4 times wider than the sun and about 50 times brighter than a full Moon. Courtesy NASA.
