Apollo 11 Flight Journal
Recent Updates and Additions
These are updates that have been made to the Apollo 11 Flight Journal in recent months.
2022-05-02
Addition of document, "Spacecraft Operations for SV Countdown/Coundown Demonstration".
2020-06-11
Thanks to Johan Linden for pointing out a missed metric conversion.
2020-02-07
With thanks to Journal Reader Rob Bailey for a correction to change the name of Milt Windler's team from Purple to Maroon.
2019-08-14
Journal contributor Frances Shefl has located more sections of the PAO announcements pre-launch which include the countdown hold at T minus 3 hours, 30 minutes. Plus corrections from Jodie Peeler.
2019-08-06
An essay, Weathering the Recovery of Apollo 11, on the use of satellite imagery to predict the weather at the Apollo 11 splashdown site, has been donated by Sean Potter of the NASA Office of Communications.
Additional typos corrected courtesy of Danny Ross Lunsford and Frances Shefl.
2019-07-24
The Apollo 11 FJ continues to be refined. Thanks to Terry Carroll, Jonathan Bishop, Gordon Davie, Jim Bontempo and Colm O'Regan for pointing out typos.
2019-05-18
Over the past 18 months, the Apollo 11 Flight Journal has received an upgrade to improve its accuracy and the amount of supporting media that goes with it.
2017-08-04
Thanks to George Vila for pointing out two errors. In the Launch chapter, the audio file for the PAO announcement at T minus 1 hour, 11 minutes, 55 seconds was wrong. The correct audio will now be available at that link. The chapter, Day 2: Laser Experiment, had an incorrect chapter heading. It said 'part 4' when it ought to have been 'part 3'.
2015-09-09
Andy Chaikin and Paul Fjeld spotted a misattribution at 056:35:39. The second part of the speech there is from Neil. (056:35:45)
2013-08-13
Journal reader Dan Madsen pointed out a probable change in attribution in the Launch chapter at 000:03:28 (from Collins to Armstrong) and 000:05:35 (from Armstrong to Collins).
2011-03-29
A comprehensive index to the Apollo 11 Hasselblad collection has been added. Go to the photography index for a look.
2011-01-18
Audio has been added to the following sections to complete the air/ground audio collection:
Many thanks to John Stoll for enabling this addition to the A11FJ.
2010-05-04
Audio has been added to the following sections:
2010-04-16
The final two sections are added: Day 8: More Television and Stowage for Re-entry and Day 9: Re-entry and Splashdown.
Audio has been added to the end of section 20, Day 6: Boarding Columbia and LM Jettison.
Attribution change in section 9, Day 3: Entering Eagle at 056:37:24, 056:38:08 and 056:38:18. With thanks to Phil Karn.
2010-01-24
Section 24 added - Day 8: The News and Spacecraft Checks
2010-01-02
Section 23 added - Day 7: Television and Food Demonstrations.
2009-12-14
Audio added to the end of section 15, Day 5: Undocking and Descent Orbit.
2009-12-03
Audio added to the end of section 13, Day 4: Checking Out Eagle.
2009-10-18
Section 22 added - Day 7: Leaving the Lunar Sphere of Influence
2009-10-18
Thanks to Gary Matylewicz for pointing out three errors in the audio links in Day 2: Laser Experiment and Day 3: Viewing Africa and Breakfast.
Robin Wheeler found another broken audio link in Navigation and Housekeeping.
Audio added to the end of section 12, Day 4: Lunar Orbit Circularization.
2009-10-04
Audio files added to the end of section 10, Day 3: Flight Plan Updates.
Section 21 added - Day 6: Trans-Earth Injection.
2009-09-15
Audio files added to the end of section 8.
2009-09-13
Audio files added to the end of section 6 and section 20 added.
2009-08-21
Journal reader Gary Matylewicz noted a broken link for the audio at 023:48:00. With thanks to Gary for pointing this out.
2009-08-04
Audio files added to the end of section 5.
2009-08-03
Audio files added to the end of section 4.
2009-08-01
Section 19 added.
2009-06-29
Section 15 added.
2009-06-13
Section 12, 13 and 14 added.
2009-05-02
Section 11 added.
2009-03-30
Sections 9 and 10 added.
2009-02-27
Sections 7 and 8 added.
2009-01-27
Audio added to section 1.
2009-01-24
Sections 5 and 6 added.
2009-01-01
Fourth section added covering navigation and housekeeping at the end of the first day.
2008-12-27
The Apollo 11 FJ grows to three sections covering the flight up to the TD&E maneuver.
2008-10-01
Apollo 11 Flight Journal goes online. The current journal only consists of the core transcript without much commentary. This has been constructed from the merged technical, PAO and onboard transcripts.
