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Space Rocket History #273 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 3

December 30, 2024 · 33 min

Lovell toggled the “master arm” switch to On and glanced around to see if everything else was in order. Guidance control was set to “Primary Guidance”; thrust control was on “Auto”; engine gimbals were enabled; the propellant quantity…
Space Rocket History #272 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 2

December 30, 2024 · 34 min

Aquarius, can you see any stars yet? Homepage with pictures
Space Rocket History #271 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 1

November 30, 2024 · 35 min

Kraft wanted to fire the descent engine now, get the ship back on its free-return slingshot course, and when it emerged from behind the moon and reached the PC+2 point, execute any maneuvers that might be required to refine the trajectory…
Space Rocket History #270 – Apollo 13 – The News Breaks

November 30, 2024 · 37 min

Cronkite did not look good. He called Schirra over and thrust a sheet of wire-service copy at him. Schirra scanned the text hurriedly, and with each sentence his heart sank. This was bad. This was worse than bad. This was . . . unheard of…

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Space Rocket History #269 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 4

October 31, 2024 · 33 min

EECOM, Sy Liebergot looked away from his monitor; the end, he knew, was at last here. Liebergot, through no fault of his own, was about to become the first flight controller in the history of the manned space program to lose the ship that…
Space Rocket History #268 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 3

October 31, 2024 · 34 min

As near as Lovell could tell, it would be a while before the ship’s endgame would play out. He had no way of calculating the leak rate in the tank, but if the moving needle was any indication, he had a couple hours at least before the 318…
Space Rocket History #267 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 2

September 29, 2024 · 31 min

By the time Flight Director Kranz heard Lovell’s report, of “Houston, we’ve had a problem. ” three controllers had reported related problems. Kranz was wondering which problem Lovell was reporting, as he started relaying the long list of…
Space Rocket History #266 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 1

September 29, 2024 · 34 min

Swigert: I believe we’ve had a problem here! CapComm: This is Houston. Say again, please. Lovell: Houston, we’ve had a problem. Homepage with Pictures:
Space Rocket History #265 – Apollo 13 – Translunar Coast – The Calm Before the Storm

August 31, 2024 · 34 min

As Lovell prepared for the thruster adjustments, Haise finished closing down the LEM and drifted through the tunnel back toward the command module and Swigert threw the switch to stir all 4 cryogenic tanks. Homepage with Pictures
Space Rocket History #264 – Apollo 13 – Orbit, Translunar Injection, Docking, and Extraction

August 31, 2024 · 32 min

Milt Windier’s team at mission control quickly reviewed the status of the remaining four engines, ran the computations for the new engine cutoff times, and passed them to the crew. Homepage with Pictures
Space Rocket History #263 – Apollo 13 – The Launch

July 24, 2024 · 36 min

During the Apollo era, North American-Downey built the Apollo Command & Service Module. After each completed spacecraft, Nasa conducted formal reviews of the build paper work before each vehicle was accepted for flight. Homepage with…