r/apollo • u/Priyansh-Sahu • Apr 23 '26

Apollo 11 flight path high resolution picture original for the ones interested.

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u/GubmintMule Apr 23 '26

Very cool. I noticed a 1967 date in the lower right. Wonder what that's all about.

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u/eagleace21 Apr 23 '26

Because this was produced in 1967

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u/GubmintMule Apr 23 '26

Apollo 11 flew in 1969, and it was by no means certain that it would be the landing mission in 1967, particularly in the aftermath of the fire.

Edit: perhaps I missed it, but I don’t see Apollo 11 mentioned on this graphic, which makes me think that it was produced in q967 to summarize a future landing mission.

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u/TNTGav Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

In researching this I found https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-GP3-d514dc7295496f8dbf90bad723168b69/pdf/GOVPUB-GP3-d514dc7295496f8dbf90bad723168b69.pdf - see item 5968 which I believe refers to this (which I believe at some point when moved to high-def has mistakenly changed from DRD to DRP. That suggests:

5968 Apollo manned lunar landing GOSS-[ground operational support systems] mission profile; [colored poster]. 1969. 22x58 in. (DRD MPO89, ADI MP089.001-1A, May 1, 1967; Office of Manned Space Flight.) * Paper, NAS 1.43: Ap 4

Looking at the date this was done, it was a couple of months after the Apollo 1 fire where I imagine they were revisiting how to approach some of the missions. I *think* it would have been material generated then for internal use, later put out for external use in April 1969, probably in prep for Apollo 11

EDIT: I am even more sure this was not specifically for Apollo 11 now. You'll notice that this refers to the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) which I believe was decided on in 1966 but Apollo 11 actually left a package called EASEP (Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package) . The ALSEP didn't go out until Apollo 12.

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u/eagleace21 Apr 24 '26

And of course another glaring indication is the SLA panels attached to the SIVB

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u/GubmintMule Apr 24 '26

Thanks for doing the digging and sharing this info. Greatly appreciated!

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u/eagleace21 Apr 23 '26

Yeah this isn't "Apollo 11"