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Space Rocket History #342 – Apollo 15 – Lunar Orbit & Landing
Craning to look through the triangular window for a glimpse of the land ahead, Scott saw no sign of Hadley Rille.
Space Rocket History #341 – Apollo 15 – Serious Problems
The SPS engine was used for all the future burns. It was the astronauts ticket home. Any doubt as to whether it could fire raised the question as to whether the mission could continue.
Space Rocket History #340 – Apollo 15 – Climb to Orbit
For Scott all feelings were forgotten. All senses except sight were subordinated. All Scott’s concentration was focused on hearing information from Irwin, Worden and Mission Control about the status of the spacecraft and the Saturn V.
Space Rocket History #339 – Apollo 15 – The Launch
The last face they saw was Guenter’s, smiling and waving an enormous crescent wrench. Then the heavy hatch closed with a deep thunk.
Space Rocket History #338 – Apollo 15 – CDR Dave Scott Part 2 & The Postal Covers Incident
As Command Module Pilot for Apollo 9, Scott’s responsibilities were heavy. The Lunar Module was to separate from the Command and Service Module during the mission; if it failed to return, Scott would have to run the entire spacecraft for … Continue rea...
Space Rocket History #337 – Apollo 15 – LMP Jim Irwin & CDR Dave Scott
Dave Scott showed incredible presence of mind during the unexpected events of the Gemini 8 mission. Even in the middle of an emergency, out of contact with Mission Control, he had thought to reenable ground control of the Agena before … Continue reading ?
Space Rocket History #336 – Apollo 15 – Introduction, Crew Selection & CMP Al Worden
The twelve day Apollo 15 mission was scheduled to launch on July 26, 1971. It would be the fourth United States human exploration of the Moon. As compared with earlier missions, Apollo 15 would double the time and extend by … Continue reading ?
Space Rocket History #335 – Impacts of Soyuz 11 on Future Soyuz, Salyut-1 & Apollo
It was decided that henceforth, cosmonauts would wear pressure suits for launch and the return to Earth. Also, a system was installed to automatically pump air into the descent module in the event of decompression. Additionally,
Space Rocket History #334 – Soyuz 11 – Death in Space
The recovery team quickly opened the hatch and were shocked to find the men motionless, as if asleep or unconscious.
Space Rocket History #333 – Soyuz 11 – Downfall & N1 Update
Volkov transmitted to Flight Control: “The hatch is not hermetically sealed! … What can we do? … What can we do?”