12:56
a.m.
While on the back side
of the Moon, with the LM 20 miles behind the CSM, the transearth injection
burn of Apollo 11 is begun, with the spacecraft traveling at 5,329 feet
per second at an altitude of about 60 nautical miles
4:30
a.m.
Astronauts start sleep
period.
1:00
p.m.
Astronauts begin waking
for first full day of return trip.
1:39
p.m.
Spacecraft passes point
in space, 33,800 nautical miles from the Moon and 174,000 from the Earth,
where the Earth's gravity takes over and begins drawing the astronauts
homeward.
4:02 p.m.
Midcourse correction
is made to readjust the flight path of the spacecraft.
9:08 p.m.
Eighteen minutes
of live TV transmission to Earth begins.