Episodes Tagged with "Intrepid"

Dec 6

Space Rocket History #235 – Apollo 12 – Introduction

Posted on December 6, 2017

At NASA Headquarters, George Mueller and other planners created a far-reaching plan that Administrator Paine made even more ambitious in adapting it for Nixon’s Space Task Group. The task group’s timetable called for a twelve-man space station and a ...

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P1-Apollo 12 Emblem

Tagged:Apollo 12, Bean, Conrad, Gordon, Intrepid, Yankee Clipper

Mar 7

Space Rocket History #246 – Apollo 12 – Pin Point Landing Part 2 – Right Down the Middle of the Road

Posted on March 7, 2018

“Hey, there it is! There it is! Son of a gun, right down the middle of the road! Look out there! I can’t believe it! Fantastic!” Pete Conrad when he saw his landing site.

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P1-Mission Control, Apollo 12- from l to r, director of flight operations Chris Kraft, flight director Gerry Griffin, and, third from right, in glasses, EECOM John Aaron

Tagged:Apollo 12, Bean, Conrad, Gordon, Intrepid, Landing

Mar 21

Space Rocket History #248 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 2 – ALSEP

Posted on March 21, 2018

According to the checklist, Bean was allowed 5 minutes to gain his balance and learn to walk on the Moon. Bean was amazed at his new buoyancy saying, “You can jump up in the air…” But Conrad wanted to press on saying, “Hustle, boy, hustle! We’ve got...

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P1-TV camera pointed at sun

Tagged:Alsep, Apollo 12, Bean, Conrad, Gordon, Intrepid

Mar 28

Space Rocket History #249 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 3

Posted on March 28, 2018

Most of the remaining moon walk time was spent collecting rock samples, making surface observations such as the small mounds or hills, and taking pictures.

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P1-Middle Cresent Crater

Tagged:Apollo 12, Bean, Conrad, Gordon, Intrepid

Apr 18

Space Rocket History #252 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 3 – Rock ‘n’ Roll at Halo Crater

Posted on April 18, 2018

The problem with running into the sun was it was so bright that Conrad and Bean could not see the moon’s surface features until they were right on top of them.

P3-RockandRolling on the Ocean of Storms

P2-Al Bean near Halo crater

P1-EVA 2 Traverse

Tagged:Apollo 12, Bean, Conrad, Halo Crater, Intrepid

May 2

Space Rocket History #253 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 4 – Surveyor Crater & Surveyor 3

Posted on May 2, 2018

Surveyor 3 was now to their right, 300 feet away, gleaming in the morning sunlight. Antennas and sensors still reached upward from its tubular frame, just as they had on April 20, 1967, when the spacecraft thumped onto the moon amid blasts from its b...

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P1-Aproaching Surveyor AS12-48-7088

Tagged:Al Bean, Apollo 12, Intrepid, Pete Conrad, Surveyor

Apr 10

Space Rocket History #58 – Corned Beef Controversy – Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom and John Young – Part 2

Posted on April 10, 2014

Grissom – What is it? Young: Corned beef sandwich. Grissom: Where did it come from? Young: I brought it with me. Let’s see how it tastes. Smells, doesn’t it. Grissom: Yes, its breaking up. I’m going to stick it in my pocket. Young: Is it? It was...

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Gemini 3 View

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Unsinkable

Launching of the first manned Gemini flight.

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