Apollo 16: The NASA Mission Reports, Volume 1Robert Godwin Compiled here are many important documents about the Apollo 16 mission including the complete debriefing in the crew's own words. |
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... gimbal lock indication during critical periods . Visual light flash phenomenon was started about 2 hours late at 49:10 GET . Numerous light flashes were reported by the crew prior to terminating the experiment at 50:16 GET.The crew also ...
... gimbal lock indication during critical periods . Visual light flash phenomenon was started about 2 hours late at 49:10 GET . Numerous light flashes were reported by the crew prior to terminating the experiment at 50:16 GET.The crew also ...
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... gimbal checks , a problem was discovered in the SPS yaw gimbal drive servo loop . As a result , the Powered Descent Initiate ( PDI ) maneuver was delayed . While the flight controllers were evaluating the servo loop problem , the LM and ...
... gimbal checks , a problem was discovered in the SPS yaw gimbal drive servo loop . As a result , the Powered Descent Initiate ( PDI ) maneuver was delayed . While the flight controllers were evaluating the servo loop problem , the LM and ...
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... gimbal lock ? Does it really get you to the right place ? You have to fly those things in real time and they're not very glamorous things to do . But , I think to do justice to any Flight Plan and to go out of there professional ...
... gimbal lock ? Does it really get you to the right place ? You have to fly those things in real time and they're not very glamorous things to do . But , I think to do justice to any Flight Plan and to go out of there professional ...
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COUNTDOWN | 9 |
MISSION OBJECTIVES | 21 |
LUNAR SURFACE SCIENCE | 28 |
Copyright | |
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