What was the seating arrangement on Apollo 11?

You are sitting in the Commander's (Neil Armstrong) seat. In the middle is the Lunar Module Pilot (Buzz Aldrin) and on the right is the Command Module Pilot (Michael Collins). That is a deviation from the norm. read more

You are sitting in the Commander's (Neil Armstrong) seat. In the middle is the Lunar Module Pilot (Buzz Aldrin) and on the right is the Command Module Pilot (Michael Collins). That is a deviation from the norm. Normally the CMP sat in the middle, but Buzz was already trained from Apollo 8 to sit in the middle seat. read more

Apollo 11 -- Michael Collins was in the right seat (because Aldrin was already trained to fly the spacecraft from the middle seat as Apollo 8 backup CMP, with Collins being added to Armstrong's crew at a later stage.) Skylab 4 - seating was Carr-Gibson-Pogue (l.t.r). read more

Apollo 11 landed with less fuel than other missions, and the astronauts also encountered a premature low fuel warning. This was later found to have been due to greater propellant 'slosh' than expected, uncovering a fuel sensor. read more

You are sitting in the Commander's (Neil Armstrong) seat. In the middle is the Lunar Module Pilot (Buzz Aldrin) and on the right is the Command Module Pilot (Michael Collins). read more