Apollo 11 Anniversaries - Launch was today

[Steemer]

So today was the 45th anniversary of the launch of the Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 mission.

Here is a little schedule of the anniversaries:

EVENT	TIME
Entry of Lunar Orbit	July 19, 1969, 17:21:50 UTC
Landing	July 20, 1969, 20:17:40 UTC
Beginning of EVA (Hatch Open)	July 21, 1969 02:39 UTC
First Step	July 21, 1969 02:56:15 UTC
End Of EVA (Hatch Close)	2:31:40 after Beginning of EVA (c. July 21, 1969 05:10:40 UTC)
Takeoff	July 21, 1969, 17:54 UTC
Docking with CSM
Jettison of Lunar Module	July 21, 1969 at 23:41 UTC
Departure of Lunar Orbit	July 22, 1969, 04:55:42 UTC
Splashdown	July 24, 1969, 16:50:35 UTC

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[pefu19]

hehehe 69
jk, p cool that it was today tho
hope some cool ass aliens find it and invade our planet
with friendship

[Maxwell.]

saturn v > space shuttle today

[Biohazard]

you lied to me
launch was 45 years ago today*

[Steemer]

saturn v > space shuttle today

yes

[Aide33]

saturn v > space shuttle today

Nova > SLS > saturn v

[Foxscotch]

saturn v > space shuttle today

well they don't do the same stuff
so

[Maxwell.]

well they don't do the same stuff
so

i was saying in terms of looks

Nova > SLS > saturn v

reminds me of the russian moon rocket

[Renousim]

does nobody remember apollo 1

[Foxscotch]

i was saying in terms of looks
reminds me of the russian moon rocket

oh
well yeah
the space shuttle is pretty ugly. especially with the boosters and stuff. double yuck

[Maxwell.]

oh
well yeah
the space shuttle is pretty ugly. especially with the boosters and stuff. double yuck

also, they have sort of done the same stuff, they've both been used to carry things to space stations
oh the saturn v carried the whole god damn skylab space station

[Renousim]

Saturn V wasnt reusable, the shuttle was and it helped build the ISS

[Aide33]

Saturn V wasnt reusable, the shuttle was and it helped build the ISS

the shuttle was a walking coffin and disaster

no launch escape system, barley safety rated, poorly designed
it was a mess, even if it was reusable
also the saturn V launched people to the moon

moon > ISS

also the successor to the space shuttle that will launch in 3 years:

the space launch system, 130 tons of payload to LEO
IT CAN BRING ANOTHER ISS TO SPACE IN 3 LAUNCHES
can't wait for the first launch

[Maxwell.]

wait, is that computer rendered? that's looks very real to me

[Aide33]

wait, is that computer rendered? that's looks very real to me

yes, the first SLS is being built