Walking to Olympus: An EVA ChronologyNASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA Headquarters, 1997 - Extravehicular activity (Manned space flight) - 132 pages |
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Page 10 - Finally, perhaps the most significant result was that the underwater simulation duplicated the actual extravehicular actions and reactions with a high degree of fidelity. It was concluded that any task which could be accomplished readily in underwater simulation would have a high probability of success during the actual EVA.
Page 15 - one small step." In the 19605, President Kennedy's programme to "land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade, and return him safely to Earth" took space flight from the corn-flakes packet to reality.
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Page 29 - Here man completed his first exploration of the Moon December 1972 AD May the spirit of peace in which we came be reflected in the lives of all mankind.
Page 16 - Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me ... Boy, you'll never Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean inspects Surveyor III television camera.
Page 10 - Again, this activity was routine. All the objectives were satisfactorily completed. The results of the Gemini XII EVA showed that all the tasks attempted were feasible when body restraints were used to maintain position. The results also showed that the EVA workload could be controlled within desired limits by the application of proper procedures and indoctrination. Finally, perhaps the most significant result was that the underwater simulation duplicated the actual extravehicular actions and reactions...
Page 32 - I'm sorry you asked that question. I was facing away from it, heaving with all my might and Joe was also heaving with all his might when it let go and both of us took off. ... By the time we got settled down and looked at it, those panels were out as far as they were going to go at the time.
Page 47 - That may have been one small step for Neil but it's a heck of a big leap for me," a reference to the famous words of the first man on the Moon.
Page 19 - Shepard explained major problem was "the undulating terrain where you simply couldn't see more than 100 to 150 yards [90 to 140 meters] away from you. Consequently, you were never quite sure what landmark would appear when you topped the next ridge. We were very surprised when we . . . approached the ridge which we thought to be the rim of Cone Crater, to find there was another one behind it. And that was the beginning of the real problem. As far as we were concerned, our only problem was the amount...
Page 19 - ... find there was another one behind it. And that was the beginning of the real problem. As far as we were concerned, our only problem was the amount of time allotted for the excursion. To us it was just a matter of working against the clock. I don't believe that we were disoriented or lost any time. I think if we had wanted to reach the top of the crater and did nothing else, that we could have done that within the time period allotted.