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This document Is prepared jointly by the Marshal) Space Flight Center

Laboratories S&E-ASTR-S, S&E-AERO-P, and S&E-ASTN-F_D The document presents a

• brief and concise description of the AS-506 Apollo Saturn Space VehJcle and the •

AS-506 mission. Where necessary, for clarlflcatlon, additional related Infor-

mation ha_ bean _ncludad.

It is not intended that this document comp!et#ly defJne the Space Vehicle,

its systems or subRystems in detail. The information presented herein by text

and sketches, describe launch preparation, ground support activities, and the

space vehicle. This information permlt8 the reader to follow the sequence of

events bealnnlng a few hours be£ore Ill,off to mission completion,

1. Hiss:on PurpQse:

AS-506, Apollo Ii, Mission O-l, is the first manned Lunar Landing

_Isslon. It uses Launch Vehicle SA-506; Commend/Service Module 107, Lunar

Module $| Launch Complex 39A; Mobile Launcher #1 and LCC Firing Boom #1.

purpose is (1) to perform a successful lunar landing (2) assess the capabilities

and limitations o£ the astronauts and their equipment in a lunar surface environ-

men,, (3) perform lear action of the lunar surface and obtain soil samples, and

(4) to safely return the crew _o earth. The crew consists of Nail A, Armstrong,

Spacecraft Commander, Fdwin E. Aldrin, Lunnar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins,

Command Module Pilot.

2. Launch Vehicle.Objectives:

Demonstrate launch vehicle capability to inject the spacecraft

onto a free-return, translunar trajectory.

3. Mission DescrIpt_0ns

&q-506, (Apollo 11), has a flight duration of approximately 8 days.

The AS-506 mission profile, illustrated in Figures 2 through 5, consists

of the following phases| Launch and boost to earth parking orbit, coast in earth

parking orbit, translunar injection, translunar coast, S-IVB "slingshot", lunar

orbit insertion, lunar module descent, lunar surface activities, lunar module

ascent, _ransearth injection, transearth coast, reentry, splashdown and recovery. .'

Launch and Boost to Earth Parkin_ Orbi¢ _EPO). AS-506 will b_ launched

from Kennedy Space Center, Complex 39A on a lal,nch azimuth of 90" East of N, rth.

The launch days and the earliest liftoff time, for each day, for the month of

July are:

July 16. 8:32 a.m. CDT 72e - 108"

• July 18 10:30 a.m. CDT 89" - 108"

Jt_ly21 II:09 a.m. CDT 94",- 108"

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