Relive Apollo 11

#Apollo11 astronauts hoping that their photography will pick up landmarks to confirm the location of Tranquility Base.

In response to Buzz’s question about weather at recovery site, CAPCOM Duke mentions 2 tropical storms that aren’t a factor for #Apollo11

#Apollo11 is close enough to give weather reports; Buzz says “it was a little overcast down over – in the Antarctic ice cap, too.”

In other NASA news, the launch of INTELSAT 3 is being postponed until 24 hours from now due to some fueling issues. #Apollo11

#Apollo11 is ending their broadcast with “the place we’re coming home to.”

In another feat of zero g, Mike Collins demonstrates how to drink water from a spoon! #Apollo11

Buzz: “You can also use zero gravity to demonstrate many things that we’ve all learned in school” like the action of a gyroscope. #Apollo11

#Apollo11 crew showing off their food and “how easy it is to spread some ham” in zero g.

PAO: “40 hours 9 minutes to entry. Apollo 11 homeward bound 158,378 nautical miles out from Earth, velocity now 4,267 feet per second.”

The #Apollo11 crew is setting up for another TV broadcast; CAPCOM Duke mistakes the Moon for the Earth…

Houston still hearing weird noises from #Apollo11, confirmed by two stations receiving the downlink on the Manned Space Flight Network.

Houston is hearing some laughter and unidentifiable noise from Apollo 11; “it sounded like you had some friends up there.” #Apollo11

The White Team is taking over for the Green Team at Mission Control, standing by for a presleep report. #Apollo11

#Apollo11 is currently 162,700 miles from Earth, with velocity 4,185 feet per second.

#Apollo11 is 165,143 miles from Earth, traveling at 4,142 feet per second; relatively few activities scheduled on the flight plan.

Neil, on their food: “My compliments to the chef…this cream of chicken soup I give at least three spoons.” #Apollo11

CDR is describing how & where he collected lunar surface rock samples. He “tried to take as many different types” as he could see #Apollo11

CAPCOM McCandless: “For 64 thousand dollars, we’re still trying to work out the location of your landing site, Tranquility Base.” #Apollo11

Crew is setting up passive thermal control, putting #Apollo11 in a roll rate of three revolutions per hour to maintain temperature control.

Midcourse correction burn is 10.9 seconds, performed at 169,000 miles from Earth at velocity 4,075.6 feet per second. #Apollo11