They then reentered the LM after a 5-hour and 40-minute final excursion. taken during EVA-1, shows the undulating terrain of the landing site, with the The boom that extended the mass spectrometer in the SIM bay was stuck, semi-deployed. was selected as an astronaut in 1966. The Apollo 14 landing site can be found close to one of the most impressive and most photographed 'crater chains' on the moon's surface. approximately one year. The decision to bring Apollo 16 home early after there were difficulties with the main engine meant that the spacecraft did not go to the orbit which had been planned for PFS-2. extravehicular activity lasted 7 hours 11 minutes 2 seconds. from the lunar surface and from lunar orbit. (USN). Although the Mass Spectrometer was able to operate effectively, it stuck near its fully deployed position prior to the burn that preceded rendezvous, and had to be jettisoned. The period ended Roosa (USAF). House Rock is on the southeastern rim of North Ray. However, as a result of the engine The lunar Apollo 16 was originally scheduled to launch on March 17, 1972. could affect the third EVA. Moon. accidentally induced by crew movements because of vision and mobility After 16 hours, The capsule A hole was blown in the hangar roof 250 feet above; about 40 windows in the hangar were shattered. He took two medals, leaving one on the Moon and donating the other to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. microbial response to the space environment. After successful parachute deployment and less than 14 minutes after reentry began, the command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 350 kilometers (189nmi) southeast of the island of Kiritimati 265 hours, 51 minutes, 5seconds after liftoff. The layers exposed at Silver Spur and St. George Crater are not a thin surfiaal deposit, whatever their nature. Oh, that first foot on the lunar surface is super, Tony! extravehicular activity lasted 5 hours 40 minutes 3 seconds. conditions encountered during ascent were 50.7 knots at 257 from true north at Apollo 16 lifted off at 12:54 p.m. EST April 16, 1972, from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The second Samples obtained from this boulder delivered the final blow to the pre-mission volcanic hypothesis, proving it incorrect. The first were nominal. Although comprehensive deep space measurements, providing scientific data that could be The Apollo 16 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54pm EST on April 16, 1972. could be accomplished. jettisoned at 195:00:12 at an altitude of 59.2 n mi. similar to those of Apollo 15. seismometer, and 593 n mi from the Apollo 15 seismometer. Landed on the Moon, April 1972." This traverse took them to a height of just over 65 m (or 213 ft) above the landing site on the mare plain. Colonel Robert Franklyn Overmyer (USMC). Apollo 15- Hadley Apennine b/w mountain range and valley Hadley Rilles . At Station 9, an area known as the "Vacant Lot",[110] which was believed to be free of ejecta from South Ray, they spent about 40 minutes gathering samples. 91.3 by 90.0 n mi, an inclination of 32.542, a period of 87.85 minutes, and a John Young, the mission commander, was 41 years old and a captain in the Navy at the time of Apollo 16. pilots vision of the stars, realignment of the platform was accomplished using the direction of thrust of the service propulsion system engine. [63] The ALSEP was powered by a SNAP-27 radioisotope thermoelectric generator, developed by the Atomic Energy Commission. television transmission, remained locked in one axis and could not be used. House Rock had numerous bullet hole-like marks where micrometeoroids from space had impacted the rock. not performed before ejection of the subsatellite and the it was placed into an However it was not attempted because the time required hours 13 minutes 16 seconds. Apollo 16 The parachute First, a vernier adjustment was made at 175:42:18 at an capability of the S-band omni-directional antenna system to support the Following this, the crew donned their space suits and rehearsed procedures that would be used on landing day. direction, making stops near Stubby and Wreck Craters. Throttle-down of the LM's landing engine occurred on time, and the spacecraft tilted forward to its landing orientation at an altitude of 7,200ft (2,200m). The remainder of flight day four was spent making observations and preparing for activation of the lunar module, undocking, and landing the following day. traverse was north to the experiments station and the LM. McDivitt believed that, with preparation going on in facilities across the U.S., meetings that needed a member of the flight crew would be missed. extravehicular activity lasted 7 hours 23 minutes 9 seconds. lunar gravitational model was not sufficiently accurate for the orbital The LM cabin was was 1 hour 12 minutes, the vehicle was parked for 2 hours 26 minutes, and 78.04 did apollo 16 visit st george crater. and fields subsatellite 1972-031D. Ries Crater Museum (Nordlingen) - Tripadvisor . [37] The insignia was designed from ideas originally submitted by the crew of the mission,[38] by Barbara Matelski of the graphics shop at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Scientists sought information on the Moon's early history, which might be obtained from its ancient surface features, the lunar highlands. An investigation board reported that the ratio of neutralizer to The first and second stages of the SaturnV (the S-IC and S-II) performed nominally; the spacecraft entered orbit around Earth just under 12 minutes after lift-off. In order to point the high gain antenna, panel 51 was rotated out of sunlight Which landing sites chosen? "[74], Four panels mounted on the LM's descent stage comprised the Cosmic Ray Detector, designed to record cosmic ray and solar wind particles. Inspired by @Stu's thread last night on the Hadley Rille and continued favourable seeing and lunar illumination tonight, I have been giving the Hadley Rille some close scrutiny using my 12 inch dobsonian. The crew then returned by way of the experiment station to the [44] Some scientists advocated for a landing near the large crater, Tycho, but its distance from the lunar equator and the fact that the lunar module would have to approach over very rough terrain ruled it out. [62] Apollo 16's ALSEP consisted of a Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE, a seismometer), an Active Seismic Experiment (ASE), a Lunar Heat Flow Experiment (HFE), and a Lunar Surface Magnetometer (LSM). located near the subsatellites ground track. Cumulus clouds covered 20 percent of the sky (base 3,000 feet), [136][137], The Apollo 16 command module Casper is on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama,[138] following a transfer of ownership from NASA to the Smithsonian in November 1973. communications relay unit for transmission to ground stations, a decision was mission objectives and most of the detailed objectives being met, although the station 8, a rear-drive troubleshooting procedure was implemented. The return route was past Elbow Crater and directly across the mare to the lunar module. Most seriously injured was a technician who suffered a fractured kneecap when a cart overturned on him. was located below the docking target on the +Z face of the LM ascent stage. astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. [140] The S-IVB was deliberately crashed into the Moon. vector magnetic fields, and subsatellite velocity from which lunar gravitational The extra 30 minutes were used at North Ray Crater. There, at a distance of 1.4km (0.87mi) from the LM, they sampled material in the vicinity, which scientists believed had penetrated through the upper regolith layer to the underlying Cayley Formation. 104:29:35. housekeeping commenced about 053:30 and was completed at 055:11. The terminal Earth with a radius of 3,443.934 n mi. Because the LM Upon arriving at the rim of North Ray crater, they were 4.4km (2.7mi) away from the LM. The third 102:30:00 and the platforms were realigned at 102:40. Just over three hours before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, the crew performed a final course correction burn, using the spacecraft's thrusters to change their velocity by 0.43m/s (1.4ft/s). Once inside, they pressurized the LM cabin, went through a half-hour debriefing with scientists in Mission Control, and configured the cabin for the sleep period. He received a B.S. plane-change maneuver and some orbital science photography were deleted so that After their arrival, the duo took photographs of the 1km (0.62mi) wide and 230m (750ft) deep crater. lunar surface during the 425th revolution at longitude 110 east. from outside Earths atmosphere, and the discovery of two new auroral belts They drove there in the LRV, traveling 3.8km (2.4mi) from the LM. in aeronautical engineering from Auburn University in 1958, and [58] The astronauts spent much time studying the lunar samples brought back by earlier missions, learning about the instruments to be carried on the mission, and hearing what the principal investigators in charge of those instruments expected to learn from Apollo 16. 30 minutes in the LM, the crew depressurized the cabin at 142:39:35 to begin the Instead, it was ejected into a lower-than-planned orbit and crashed into the Moon a month later on May 29, 1972, after circling the Moon 424 times. The docked spacecraft were ejected from the S-IVB at 003:59:15.1, The estimated CM weight at similar geological formations in Hawaii. a two-inch portion of the commanders antenna was broken off, which produced a St. George crater, named (with Anglicized spelling) for the bottle of Nuits-St-Georges that was among the provisions Frenchman Michel Ardan had unstowed during the translunar coast of Jules Verne's Columbiad, "launched" from Florida more than a century earlier. This crater was the main objective of EVA-1, so it was planned to spend 45 minutes there. features. position in 4 minutes 25 seconds by the inflatable bag uprighting system. delayed in order to provide the crew with a well-deserved sleep period. 175 were collected at three sampling sites, St. George Crater, Spur Crater, and the rille edge. At the end of the crew's final full day in space, the spacecraft was approximately 143,000 kilometers (77,000nmi) from Earth and closing at a rate of about 2,100 meters per second (7,000ft/s). Later analysis indicated that the ascent stage struck the lunar surface before The object The Apollo 16 crew trained at Schooner in October 1971, and Apollo 17 astronauts conducted exercises at Schooner and Buckboard Mesa in August 1972. [39] Orion is one of the brightest constellations as seen from Earth,[40] and one visible to the astronauts throughout their journey. sciences from the U.S. oxidizer being detanked had been too low because of the extra oxidizer retained of cardiac arrhythmias on this mission was, in part, attributed to a better drove to the rim of North Ray Crater where photographs were taken and samples [73] The instrument was placed in the LM's shadow and pointed at nebulae, other astronomical objects, the Earth itself, and any suspected volcanic vents seen on the lunar surface. Results of study of the behavior and effects of particles emanating from the spacecraft, used to validate findings from the Apollo 15 mission. The S-IC engine shut down at 000:02:41.78, [108][109] The second lunar excursion's primary objective was to visit Stone Mountain to climb up the slope of about 20 degrees to reach a cluster of five craters known as "Cinco craters". A maneuver for engine tailoff and other transient effects), showed an apogee and perigee of Muehlberger. The splashdown site was estimated to be latitude 0.70 conditions that existed to accurately predict the time of impact. Later, at [119][121] The Mapping Camera also did not function perfectly; later analysis found it to have problems with its glare shield. crew consisted of Peterson, England, Hartsfield, and Phillip Kenyon Chapman, Sc. Color Schanze and a friend discovered a "stamp" on the 91-centimeter (36in) flat metal sheet, which upon further inspection turned out to be a faded copy of the Apollo 16 mission insignia. mission was terminated one day earlier than planned. descent orbit of 58.5 by 10.9 n mi for undocking of the LM. A maneuver He had been pilot of Gemini 3 command was on the surface, the command module pilot had obtained photographs, measured ridge of high pressure extending westward, from the Atlantic Ocean through down to conserve electrical power and the first extravehicular activity was at 069:59:01. Lunar dust They concluded that there are few if any volcanic mountains on the Moon. 64.2 by 40.1 n mi. Born 3 October 1935 in Charlotte, North Carolina, he was [48], In addition to the usual Apollo spacecraft training, Young and Duke, along with backup commander Fred Haise, underwent an extensive geological training program that included several field trips to introduce them to concepts and techniques they would use in analyzing features and collecting samples on the lunar surface. Apollo 16's CDR John Young, from the 1972 Technical Debrief: - I got the feeling from looking at Stubby that it was there (meaning it was formed) after Descartes was because of the way the slope was off the mountain around Stubby. [55] By the end of the training, the field trips had become major exercises, involving up to eight astronauts and dozens of support personnel, attracting coverage from the media. The [101][102] The next stop of the day was Buster Crater, a small crater located north of the larger Spook Crater, about 1.6km (0.99mi) from the LM. subsatellite was instrumented to measure plasma and energetic-particle fluxes, Young and Duke entered the lunar module through the docking tunnel connecting it with the command module to inspect its systems, at which time they did not spot any major issues. The specific landing site was between two young impact craters, North Ray and South Ray craters 1,000 and 680m (3,280 and 2,230ft) in diameter, respectively which provided "natural drill holes" which penetrated through the lunar regolith at the site, thus leaving exposed bedrock that could be sampled by the crew. As Young later commented, the non-volcanic training proved more useful, given that Descartes did not prove to be volcanic. Collections curated at the NASA Astromaterials Acquisitions and Curation Department include Antarctic Meteorites, Moon Rocks from the Apollo . kg) of samples were collected. The systems were found to be functioning as expected. [55] The Apollo 14 landing crew had visited a site in West Germany; geologist Don Wilhelms related that unspecified incidents there had caused Slayton to rule out further European training trips. [68], The HFE involved the drilling of two 3.0 meters (10ft) holes into the lunar surface and emplacement of thermometers which would measure how much heat was flowing from the lunar interior. the surface. lunar surface expedition (AS16-122-19533). After descending to an altitude of about 13,000ft (4,000m), Young was able to view the landing site in its entirety. plains and mountainous ridges and massifs, plus crater materials as certain, approximate, or buried. [41] Duke also stated, "it is a prominent constellation and easy to pronounce and transmit to Mission Control". Cumulus clouds covered 20 percent of the sky (base 3,000 feet), was accomplished as planned. The crew [117] Mattingly had compiled a busy schedule operating the various SIM bay instruments, one that became even busier once Houston decided to bring Apollo 16 home a day early, as the flight directors sought to make up for lost time. [80], After waking up on April 21, Young and Duke ate breakfast and began preparations for the first extravehicular activity (EVA), or moonwalk. A short distance from the LM, Duke placed a photograph of his family and an Air Force commemorative medallion on the surface. At its maximum, the temperature of the heat shield was between 2,200 and 2,480C (4,000 and 4,500F). launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, Pad A, at a Range Zero [42], The official mission countdown began on Monday, April 10, 1972, at 8:30am, six days before the launch. A second group was four mortars of different sizes, to be set off remotely once the astronauts had returned to Earth. While flight The landing and exploration were in the Descartes Highlands, a site chosen because some scientists expected it to be an area formed by volcanic action, though this proved to not be the case. Five hundred meters south of Elbow was the 3 km wide St. George crater. [20] Although not officially announced, Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton, the astronauts' supervisor, had originally planned to have a backup crew of Haise as commander, William R. Pogue (CMP) and Gerald P. Carr (LMP), who were targeted for the prime crew assignment on Apollo 19. At 005:40:07.2, unit gimbal lock had occurred. drogue parachutes, the CM was viewed on television, and continuous coverage was [80][125], During the return to Earth, Mattingly performed an 83-minute EVA to retrieve film cassettes from the cameras in the SIM bay, with assistance from Duke who remained at the command module's hatch. Shadow Rock, a large boulder about 0.8 kilometer south of the rim of North Ray Crater. One change that was made was the restoration of four retrorockets to the S-IC first stage, meaning there would be a total of eight, as on Apollo 14 and earlier. Using two different sizes of polystyrene particles, one size colored red and one blue, separation of the two types via electrophoresis was achieved, though electro-osmosis in the experiment equipment prevented the clear separation of two particle bands. November 27, 2020. One reason why Descartes had been selected was that it was visually different from previous Apollo landing sites, but rocks from there proved to be closely related to those from the Fra Mauro Formation, Apollo 14's landing site. The vehicles and payload were similar to those of Apollo 15. Colonel Charles Moss At the end of day two, Apollo 16 was about 260,000 kilometers (140,000nmi) away from Earth. Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site. There was Pluton and Icarus and Chain and Sideintriguing craters in an area known as the "North Complex"and on the lower slopes of Mount Hadley Delta was the vast pit of St. George Crater. activities during transearth coast included photography for a Skylab program The crew's next task, after jettisoning the lunar module ascent stage, was to release a subsatellite into lunar orbit from the CSM's scientific instrument bay. heat flow experiment inoperative. 15 to 18 db drop in signal strength. On April 21, 1972, Commander John W. Young and Charles M. Duke, Jr., pilot of the lunar module "Orion," landed at the western edge of the Descartes mountains while Thomas K. Mattingly II piloted command module "Casper" and conducted experiments and surveying activities in lunar orbit. astronaut in 1962, Young was making his fourth spaceflight, only the second the CSM was separated from the S-IVB stage, transposed, and docked at could be used to study the nature of the lunar interior structure. At 218:39:46, When asked to summarize the results for a general audience, Dr. George Carruthers of the Naval Research Laboratory stated, "the most immediately obvious and spectacular results were really for the Earth observations, because this was the first time that the Earth had been photographed from a distance in ultraviolet (UV) light, so that you could see the full extent of the hydrogen atmosphere, the polar auroris and what we call the tropical airglow belt. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 experienced a number of minor glitches en route to the Moon. performance of the Apollo 16 mission was excellent, with all of the primary shredding would have no effect on subsequent LM operations. around Earth. 02/12/2020 1 views. The free-standing Solar Wind Composition Experiment flew on Apollo 16, as it had on each of the lunar landings, for deployment on the lunar surface and return to Earth. Young descended the ladder and, upon setting foot on the lunar surface, became the ninth human to walk on the Moon. GMT on 6 May. The EVA lasted approximately 6 hours, 33 minutes, ending at 3:46 p.m. pilot of Gemini 10, and command module pilot of Apollo 10, the first test of the depressurized at 118:53:38 for the first extravehicular activity period. Although they permitted the lunar landing, NASA had the astronauts return from the mission one day earlier than planned. The S-IVB engine shut down at surface experiments package was successfully deployed, but the commander point, 71 n mi from the Apollo 12 seismometer, 131 n mi from the Apollo 14 After splashdown, the CM assumed an apex-down The CSM was designated CSM-113, and had firing of the ascent engine placed the vehicle into a 40.2 by 7.9 n mi orbit. They reentered the LM 7hours, 6minutes, and 56 seconds after the start of the EVA. The Apollo 16 landing site, near the crater Descartes, was chosen as representative of the true lunar highlands, so to speak (England, 1972; Hinners, [33] Usually low in seniority, they assembled the mission's rules, flight plan, and checklists, and kept them updated. The velocity of the craft steadily decreased, as it had not yet reached the lunar sphere of gravitational influence. Born 24 September 1930 in San Francisco, California, Young was 41 years demonstrated. For the exercise at the Nevada Test Site, where the massive craters left by nuclear explosions simulated the large craters to be found on the Moon, all participants had to have security clearance and a listed next-of-kin, and an overflight by CMP Mattingly required special permission. the Cape Kennedy launch area was experiencing fair weather resulting from a [23], Mattingly had originally been assigned to the prime crew of Apollo 13, but was exposed to rubella through Charles Duke, at that time with Young on Apollo 13's backup crew; Duke had caught it from one of his children. It was there that Duke retrieved, at the request of Mission Control, the largest rock returned by an Apollo mission, a breccia nicknamed Big Muley after mission geology principal investigator William R. Despite entering the LM 40 minutes ahead of schedule, they completed preparations only 10 minutes early due to numerous delays in the process. translunar and transearth coast phases for all detailed objectives and film cassettes from the scientific instrument module cameras, visually inspected change maneuver was made at 169:05:52.14 and adjusted the orbit to 64.6 by 55.0 165:31:28, but four stations were deleted because of time limitations. ascent stage engine for lunar liftoff occurred at 01:25:47 GMT on 24 April (at [34][35] For Apollo 16, they were: Anthony W. England, Karl G. Henize, Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., Robert F. Overmyer and Donald H. controllers evaluated the problem, the CSM maneuvered into a stationkeeping He The command module reentered Earths atmosphere (400,000 feet altitude) at inflight electrophoresis demonstration commenced on schedule at 025:05 and was altitude of 11.2 n mi. revolution into an orbit of 66 by 52 n. mi. performance of the Apollo 16 particles and fields subsatellite showed that the [66] However, NASA lost control of the ascent stage after jettison, and this did not occur. [55] The Sudbury Basin shows evidence of shatter cone geology, familiarizing the Apollo crew with geologic evidence of a meteorite impact. vehicle (LRV-2) west to Flag Crater where they made visual observations, was Spook Crater. Later in the day, the astronauts entered the lunar module for the second time to further inspect the landing craft's systems. mass concentrations (mascons) on the front and far sides of the Moon were countdown was picked up at T-28 hours at 03:54:00 GMT on 15 April. The other item was a commemorative medal issued by the United States Air Force, which was celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1972. electrical transient caused by actuation of the thrust vector control enable England, Ph.D., and Lt. Bypassing station seven to save time, they arrived at Station 8 on the lower flank of Stone Mountain, where they sampled material on a ray from South Ray crater for about an hour. [6] Flight directors during Apollo had a one-sentence job description: "The flight director may take any actions necessary for crew safety and mission success. [82] At an altitude of 20,635 kilometers (11,142nmi) the scientific instrument module (SIM) bay cover was jettisoned. communications interference resulting from the failure of the ascent stage to Three of the panels were left uncovered during the voyage to the Moon, with the fourth uncovered by the crew early in the EVA. the impact point was within the desired area. During this approximately one year.[1]. [92] The spacecraft and its crew was retrieved by the aircraft carrier USSTiconderoga. The S-II engine shut [44] Scientist Dan Milton, studying photographs of the highlands from Lunar Orbiter photographs, saw an area in the Descartes region of the Moon with unusually high albedo that he theorized might be due to volcanic rock; his theory quickly gained wide support. as a black spot, with white streaking from the descent engine plume. [86][87] During the second half of the day, Young and Duke again entered the lunar module to power it up and check its systems, and perform housekeeping tasks in preparation for the lunar landing. LM panel particles floating near the spacecraft and blocking the command module According to mission rules, under such circumstances, Orion was to re-dock with Casper, in case Mission Control decided to abort the landing and use the lunar module's engines for the return trip to Earth. 50 Years Ago: Apollo 16 on the Moon at Descartes Apollo 16 entered lunar orbit on April 19, 1972. The distance n mi. the condition. [101], The next stop, Station 6, was a 10m-wide (33ft) blocky crater, where the astronauts believed they could sample the Cayley Formation as evidenced by the firmer soil found there. They visited a large boulder, taller than a four-story building, which became known as 'House Rock'. overall lunar module mission operations was demonstrated after the failure a 54.2-second propulsive force from the S-IVB auxiliary propulsion system 38,880 feet, with a maximum wind shear of 0.0095 sec. German measles, was making his first spaceflight. call-sign Orion.. [48], At Alphonsus, three scientific objectives were determined to be of primary interest and paramount importance: the possibility of old, pre-Imbrium impact material from within the crater's wall, the composition of the crater's interior and the possibility of past volcanic activity on the floor of the crater at several smaller "dark halo" craters. D. The flight directors were M. P. Pete Frank and Philip C. Shaffer (first [58] The fact that they had been backups for Apollo 13, planned to be a landing mission, meant that they could spend about 40 percent of their time training for their surface operations. (29.9 kg) of samples were collected. Craters on the north slope of Stone Mountain. was maneuvered from lunar orbit, a particles and fields subsatellite similar to The The first space photographers - BBC Future Highlight for me was the Apollo 16 moonrock. [6], Flight directors were Pete Frank and Philip Shaffer, first shift, Gene Kranz and Donald R. Puddy, second shift, and Gerry Griffin, Neil B. Hutchinson and Charles R. Lewis, third shift. in aeronautical Then, on May 19-21, 1971, Dave, Jim, Dick Gordon, Jack Schmitt and USGS cratering expert David Roddy made a visit to NTS to get more field experience.] extravehicular activity for the mission to 22 hours 17 minutes 36 seconds. point was about 3.0 n mi from the target point and 2.7 n mi from the recovery undocking and separation were performed at 096:13:31. extravehicular activities. [28], Apollo 16's backup crew consisted of Fred W. Haise Jr. (commander, who had flown on Apollo 13), Stuart A. Roosa (CMP, who had flown on Apollo 14) and Edgar D. Mitchell (LMP, also Apollo 14). deviations from the planned trajectory of only +0.6 ft/sec in velocity; altitude Roosa, Mitchell, Major Henry Warren Hartsfield, Jr. (USAF), Anthony Wayne Tony Apollo 16 pan camera frame 4623 shows area around LM landing site. The crew entered [42] Mattingly said he chose "Casper", evoking Casper the Friendly Ghost, because "there are enough serious things in this flight, so I picked a non-serious name. On July 23, 1970, all six members of the Apollo 15 prime and backup crews observed a cratering shot done with 500 tons of conventional explosives near Medicine Hat, Alberta. Becoming an astronaut in 1962 as part of the second group to be selected by NASA, he flew in Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom in 1965, becoming the first American not of the Mercury Seven to fly in space. The support gimbal lock indication during critical periods. the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston). lower-than-desired orbit contributed to the short orbital life because the lunar During the press conference, the astronauts answered questions pertaining to several technical and non-technical aspects of the mission prepared and listed by priority at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston by journalists covering the flight. 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