Episodes Tagged with "Apollo 13"

Jul 18

An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #169 – Apollo 8 – Christmas 1968

Posted on July 18, 2018

Bill Anders: “We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you.” “‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ‘And the earth was without fo...

Tagged:Anders, Apollo, Apollo 13, Borman, Lovell

Sep 20

An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #183 – Apollo 9 – Lunar Module Maneuvers Part 4

Posted on September 20, 2018

When Scott tried to release the lunar module, he did not hold the button long enough so the lander got hung on the capture latches.

Tagged:Apollo 13, Chris Kraft, Command Module, Jim Mcdivitt, Lm, Lunar Module, Walter Cronkite

Sep 3

Space Rocket History #128 – Apollo Mission Control: Christopher Columbus Kraft – Part 2

Posted on September 3, 2015

At the beginning of the Apollo program, Kraft retired as a flight director to concentrate on management and mission planning. In 1972, he became director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, following the path of his mentor Robert Gilruth.

3-Robert F. Thompson (center) and Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (right) brief Rear Admiral W.C. Abhau

2-Kraft with his new flight directors before the Gemini 4 mission Clockwise from lower right Kraft, Gene Kranz, Glynn Lunney and John Hodge

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Sep 10

Space Rocket History #129 – Apollo Mission Control: An Introduction to Eugene Frances Kranz

Posted on September 10, 2015

As Procedures Officer, Kranz was put in charge of integrating Mercury Control with the Launch Control Team at Cape Canaveral, Florida, writing the “Go/NoGo” procedures that allowed missions to continue as planned or be aborted, along with serving as ...

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2-Kranz at his console on May 30, 1965, in the Mission Operations Control Room, Mission Control Center, Houston

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Mar 23

Space Rocket History #154 – Apollo 7 – The Crew

Posted on March 23, 2016

Had it not been for the fact that Eisele damaged his shoulder during a zero-G training flight aboard a KC-135 aircraft just before Christmas 1965, he might have been in the senior pilot’s seat aboard Apollo 1, instead of Ed White.

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Jun 20

Space Rocket History #259 – Apollo 13 – Introduction – Part 2

Posted on June 20, 2018

Just before the mission began things started to go wrong. The weekend before launch Charlie Duke, the backup lunar module pilot, came down with a case of German measles.

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Haise, Lovell, Mattingly, Slayton

Jun 27

Space Rocket History #260 – Apollo 13 – Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert

Posted on June 27, 2018

John Leonard Swigert Jr. aka Jack Swigert was born on August 30, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to parents John Leonard Sr. and Virginia Swigert.

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Buzz Aldrin, Haise, Jack Swigert, Lovell

Jul 5

Space Rocket History #261 – Apollo 13 – Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise

Posted on July 5, 2018

At thirty-six, Haise was the youngest member of the crew of Apollo 13, and his black hair and angular features made him seem younger still.

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Enterprise, Fred Haise, Lovell, Space Shuttle, Swigert

Jul 25

Space Rocket History #263 – Apollo 13 – The Launch

Posted on July 25, 2018

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.

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Haise, Lovell, Swigert

Aug 9

Space Rocket History #265 – Apollo 13 – Translunar Coast – The Calm Before the Storm

Posted on August 9, 2018

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.

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Haise, Lovell, Swigert

Aug 16

Space Rocket History #266 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 1

Posted on August 16, 2018

Swigert: I believe we’ve had a problem here! CapComm: This is Houston. Say again, please. Lovell: Houston, we’ve had a problem.

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Haise, Lovell, Swigert

Aug 23

Space Rocket History #267 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 2

Posted on August 23, 2018

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 warning indi...

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Jack Lousma, Kranz, Sy Liebergot

Feb 20

Space Rocket History #290 – Apollo 13 – Welcome Home

Posted on February 20, 2019

“Three brave astronauts are alive and on Earth because of the mission operations teams’ dedication, and because at the critical moments the people of that team were wise enough and self-possessed enough to make the right decisions. Their extraordinar...

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Tagged:Apollo 13, Haise, Lovell, Swigert

Dec 2

Space Rocket History #353 – Apollo 16 – LMP Charlie Duke

Posted on December 2, 2020

“Roger, Twank…Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot!,” Capcom Charlie Duke, Apollo 11 landing. Midshipman DukeDuke Salutes the FlagDuke’s Family Portrait Left on the M...

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Tagged:Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo 16, Charlie Duke, John Young, Mattingly

Nov 13

Space Rocket History #88 – Gemini XII With Jim Lovell and and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin – Part 3

Posted on November 13, 2014

We left off last week after Buzz Aldrin’s third and final EVA. The hard work for the Gemini 12 mission was now complete. Even with the problems with the radar, the Agena main engines, and the fuel cells, Gemini XII as a whole had gone very well…

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