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Apollo 11 Launch Operations Checklist. A single sheet approximately 5x8 inches from the checklist. Side 2-23 has the "TLI Ba...

USED BY NEIL ARMSTRONG DURING APOLLO 11 TRAININGApollo 11 Launch Operations Checklist. A single sheet approximately 5x8 inches from the checklist. Side 2-23 has the "TLI Backup Guidance Procedures" and counts down the steps to "IGNITION" at "00:00." Side 2-24 has the "Saturn Rate Change" computer entries to monitor the rates of change with the S-IVB. With a Typed Letter Signed by Buzz Aldrin. NASA/MSC, 1969

  • Notes: Page 2-23 has been inscribed and signed: "Used in training for Apollo XI, Buzz Aldrin." The letter reads in part: "Pages are part of the complete manual that was used in the Command Module Apollo Mission Simulator at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. The page is from Section 2 titled: "Boost-Insertion - TLI." This section in particular was extensively used by Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins who sat in the left and center seats during the Saturn V launch phase. Neil had the command responsibility to initiate an abort if the launch profile deviated from the planned events outlined in this checklist section.
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