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Apollo 11 color cam, I am confused whether this is from a later apollo mission cause AP11 didn't have a Color cam on surface,I've seen the grainy black&white footage of flag planting.
u/MiaReed1465 — 1 day ago
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Apollo 15 press release?
Looking for any information on this document.
u/Think-State-4636 — 3 days ago
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What do you think Apollo 15’s lunar rocks revealed about the Moon?
Apollo 15 explored the Hadley-Apennine region in 1971 and brought lunar rock samples back to Earth.
These rocks helped scientists understand the Moon’s early geological history.
What do you think was the most interesting thing scientists learned from the Apollo 15 samples?
u/TheUnredactedFiles — 7 days ago
How The Apollo Spacesuit Kept Astronauts Alive on the Moon
We’re continuing the Apollo spacesuit story. After exploring how these suits came to be, we’re now looking at how they actually worked, with a closer look at the engineering behind them, the details that made the biggest difference, and how every element helped keep astronauts alive on the Moon.
u/Live-Butterscotch908 — 5 days ago
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Specifically excluding Joe Engle and astronauts for Apollo 18-20, which Apollo astronauts who only had one spaceflight were 'hard done/done dirty' by NASA management?
- Walt Cunningham - iced out to conflicts with management during Apollo 7.
- Don Eisele - iced out to conflicts with management during Apollo 7 plus his messy divorce.
- Rusty Schweickart - iced out because he was 'different' than everyone else and because he had space sickness on Apollo 9.
- Not sure if Jim Irwin on Apollo 15 counts because of the stamp affair.
Alan Bean broke through the mold in no part to the death of CC Williams and Pete Conrad's lobbying for Apollo 12.
Edit: Did not include Engle or Apollo 18-20 because they were denied on outside lobbying or funding cuts.
u/RivetCounter — 10 days ago
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Pure oxygen.
Always was mystified what the HELL NASA was thinking?
These guys came up when science was still taught. Not so much now, unfortunately.
Even in my long after Apollo ended yoot, I still remember science class with the teacher showing how easily things burn in pure oxygen, even things that normally don't burn!
u/Crixusgannicus — 9 days ago
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Apollo 8 CSM at the griffin museum of science and industry in Chicago
u/Federal-Box1196 — 11 days ago
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Why don't modern spacecraft use double-walled vacuum lined cryogenic storage tanks like Apollo?
The long chain of dominoes that lead to the Apollo 13 incident started with electrical interference caused by the vacuum ion pump to maintain the vacuum between the walls of the cryogenic oxygen tanks of the service module. NASA had to dismantle the service module to upgrade the electronics which is when the plumbing was damaged and the chain of dominoes continues from there.
But I don't think modern spacecraft use double-walled vacuum chambers with a dedicated high pressure pump to maintain the vacuum between the walls. Why did Apollo have that and modern spacecraft don't?
Is it because by 1960s standards this was a very very long duration mission and they took an extra cautious approach to being absolutely certain the tanks were properly insulated?
u/Simon_Drake — 9 days ago
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That story might take longer, but I still want to deliver some goods.
So, my wife’s grandmother saved some purchase requests from her time working in procurement at NASA.
I’m about to present my findings at UT in a few weeks and will be my first time sharing the details publicly. I’m a non-traditional community college student and I turned the documents we inherited into a relative thing.
I got funding from my CC and another institution to travel and do primary source research in D.C.
Aside from a memo existing somewhere I haven’t looked saying otherwise, my research strongly indicates a specific manufacturer, I would say to a 99.9% assurance. Same for 12. Maaaaaaybe 17.
Also the surviving earth bound flags and that one sent around the moon by Artemis II.
I’m writing an article for publication in a peer review journal, I’ve got about two weeks of writing left going at a 500-600 word a day limit.
A set of the purchase requests saved by wife’s grandmother. We inherited four sets of the documents on NCR originals. We donated a set to a certain institution in DC and they were quickly accessioned.
Most research in the area is situated at a high level or technical, I’ve been getting into the nitty gritty. Not only with the documents in my possession, but also with some things I found in the archives.
Like NASA actively pulling a Gandalf at MSC, you know, *keep it secret; keep it safe*
I’m gonna edit out some info but I’ll attach something I guarantee you haven’t ever seen before related to Apollo. Even the experts believed them to be destroyed. All it took was one woman with the foresight to save them in a box for nearly six decades.
TLDR: I’ve done the research and I’m gonna tell every little detail soon.
On the story front, media moves as fast as urgency. This is a relatively evergreen topic, so the urgency for it to be a priority ahead of more urgent news isn’t there yet.
But until then, I’m sorry for delaying so long. Ad astra!
u/ketofourtwenty — 10 days ago
The Impossible Challenge of Building a Moon Suit
The Lunar Roving Vehicle. Lunar Flying Units. Now, the Moon suit.
The Apollo series continues with the story of how NASA built one of the most remarkable pieces of engineering ever created.
u/Live-Butterscotch908 — 14 days ago