Apollo 11From the countdown to the crash, the Apollo 11 mission was full of surprising twists. It took a combination of luck, determination and courage for the crew of Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong to bring the Eagle to the surface of the moon with only 30 seconds of fuel remaining! Live with me the moments before landing on the Moon. On the morning of July 16, 1969, a 60-ton Saturn 5 rocket underwent a thorough inspection on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center. On board, four and a half tons of fuel, and a spider-shaped spaceship covered in gold and silver foil. The goal of Apollo 11 was stated very simply. Perform the manned lunar landing and return mission safely. Simply put, but nearly impossible to accomplish, it was the mission NASA had been preparing for nearly a decade, and no one was trying to pretend it was just another launch. This spacecraft would take nearly three days for their new rocket to reach shore. world. For the crew on board the real mission would begin. Until then, they could marvel at a sight that only six people before them had had the privilege of seeing. Exactly 75 hours and 50 minutes after liftoff from Earth, the Apollo 11 crew entered lunar orbit, something only two crews before them had done. Done. Each orbit brought the crew closer to their final destination, the Sea of ​​Tranquility, a flat surface near the Moon's equator that would be illuminated by the Sun when final approach began. During the Moon's 13th orbit, Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins began their journey into uncharted territory. On the morning of Sunday 20 July, the three crew members were awakened after a restless night's sleep. Aldrin and Armstrong walked through the tunnel that connected the command module to the lunar lander and entered the spacecraft they had named The Eagle. For Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, life would soon get a lot more curious than this. With the flip of a switch, Collins detached the Eagle from the mothership Columbia and the journey to the surface of the Moon began. With very little fanfare the Eagle turned the corner towards the far side of the Moon. The crew must perform a series of maneuvers during the final lunar orbit. But the crew on the ground is helpless.