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The Apollo 11 spacecraft was named Columbia, the lunar lander was named Eagle. Both were mated to the Saturn V (5 in Roman Numerals) and moved to the launch pad.

Basicly, at the top was the Lunar module (what they used to safely land on the surface. Inside the next part was the command and service module). Then, under the CSM was the stage 3 fuel tank. Then, below that was stage two, and its fuel tank. Finally, stage one.

Saturn V was built in a room with windows on all sides, so employees can administrate and help. A robotic arm was used to assemble the rockets.

Stage one (S-IC) was built by the Boeing Company at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, LA. Stage two (S-II) was built by North American Aviation at Seal Beach, CA. The third stage (S-IVB) was built by Douglas Aircraft Company at Huntington Beach, CA. S-IC and S-II were transported to Cape Canaveral, FL by sea; S-IVB was transported by air. Atop the three thrust engines was placed the instrument unit that was built by IBM. The command and service module, two parts composed of the command and re-entry module where the astronauts were housed during flight, trip, and orbit sat atop the service module, largely composed of propulsion units were both constructed by North American Aviation. After the fire aboard Apollo One that killed Grissom, Chaffee, and White, construction of the Block II design that incorporated changes to the original design and the LEM was awarded to Grumman Aircraft Engineering. CSM built by Grumman were constructed at a number of different facilities on Long Island. The LEM contract was also awarded to Grumman, and construction of the various vehicles were also conducted at Grumman's New York facilities.

All sections of the Apollo vehicles were assembled at the Cape on Merrit Island, FL atop the transport crawler inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Once assembled, the rockets were transported aboard the crawler to the designated launchpad where they were placed within the launch scaffold, attached to fueling hoses and launch control computers and prepared for launch.

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