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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
- Subject: Re: Space suit research?
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- -From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
- -Subject: Re: Space suit research?
- -Date: 17 Nov 92 04:13:22 GMT
- -Organization: UDSI
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- -ALSO in apollo were EVA's part of the planned mission? sure on lunar landing,
- -but what about in flight for the command and service module. were they
- -recovering sample panels or was this just emergency plans?
-
- I believe the astronauts normally moved between the Command Module and the
- Lunar Module via a pressurized docking adapter. However, while two of the
- astronauts were on the moon, a camera mounted on the Service Module was
- busy taking beautiful stereo aerial photos of the lunar surface. When the
- astronauts came back from the moon, one of them had to do an EVA to
- retrieve the film. This is depicted in the NASA Select video of Apollo 16
- (a great video, if you ever have a chance to see it).
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- I'm not sure whether this was done before or after unsealing the Lunar Module -
- Command Module adapter - I would guess before, so the Command Module would
- not have to be depressurized.
-
- Question: was the Lunar Module normally pressurized before takeoff? And
- after the film EVA, was it pressurized again before unsealing the docking
- adapter?
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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