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... occupied the command module pilot seat on Apollo 12 , November 14-24, 1969. Other crewmen on man's second lunar landing mission were Charles Conrad, spacecraft commander, and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. Throughout the 31-hour lunar surface stay by Conrad and Bean, Gordon remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module, "Yankee Clipper," obtaining ...

... hardware to have its first test in space. Command module ''(CM)'' had been tested during AS-203 mission ''(July 5, 1966)'' and with service module ''(SM)'' on AS-202 ''(Aug. 25, 1966)'' and ... characteristics of mixed gas atmosphere ''(60% oxygen and 40% nitrogen at 16 psi)'' in Apollo command module had been evaluated by MSC in 24 "enriched air" tests, with "all but two ignition ... guid­ance and navigation systems, including flight test and operational sup­port for Apollo command and service modules. Contract extension brought total estimated value of MIT contract since April 1965 to $48 ...

... Command Pilot on Apollo VII, the first manned flight test of the three direction United States spacecraft. Apollo VII began on October 11, 1968, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele and Lunar Module ... (3); NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2); NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1); Philippines Legion of Honor (Commander). International Aviation Hall of Fame, San Diego, CA, 1970; New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame ...

... itself consists of three major systems or modules. The Apollo Command Module Command Module . . . houses the astronauts during most of their journey. The Propulsion Module formerly Apollo Service Module Service Module has rocket engines and abundant fuel for ... braking into lunar orbit, and for the thrust to return to earth. The Lunar Module formerly Lunar Excursion Module is for descent to and return from the lunar surface. . . . We have the ...

... that approached that, though, was the Cuban Missile Crisis, when all of SAC Strategic Air Command went on the highest level of alert, and our airplanes were disbursed from Davis Monthan ... it. I’m right in the middle of it and getting in the command module simulator and the lunar module simulators, and learning the spacecraft and going down to the Cape Canaveral, Florida ... what were you having to be responsible for during those testing times? '''Fullerton:''' Okay. The commander in the left seat primarily had the job of flying the airplane, to take the ...

... configuration; and demonstrate mission support facilities and oper­ations required for launch, mission conduct, and command module ''(CM)'' recovery. Launch vehicle 1st-stage performance was near nominal, but two of five 2nd ... was second flight for Saturn V launch vehicle and boilerplate lunar module ''(LM)'' and fourth for operational Block I command/serv­ice module ''(CSM)'' . Spacecraft had been modified to include Block II heatshield ...

... Lunar Excursion Module LEM was increasing in early development stage, but new evaluation stemming from NASA decision to make it as safe in terms of redundancy as command and service modules, could raise weight from 29,500 lbs. to 32,000 lbs. Shea commented that a stable baffled injector had been selected for service module's propulsion ... was concern for reliability, Decision would not affect use of fuel cell in the Apollo command module. ''(M&R, 3/8/65, 14)'' In a letter-to-the-editor in Missiles and ...

... EST Nov. 14, carrying Astronauts Charles P. Conrad , Jr. (commander), Alan L. Bean ( Lunar Module LM pilot), and Richard F. Gordon , Jr. ( Command Module CM pilot). Primary objectives would be to perform selenological inspection ... .; Samuel L. Higginbottom, Vice President, Operations Group, Eastern Airlines, Inc.; L/G Samuel C. Phillips , Commander of USAF Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO) and former NASA Apollo Program Director; John ...

... command module cabin would have 365-cu. ft. volume, with 22-cu. ft. free area available to crew. "The small end of the command module may contain an airlock; when the lunar excursion module is ... and egress while on Earth will be through a hatch in the side of the command module." Under Secretary of the Air Force Joseph V. Charyk told Seventh Symposium on Ballistic Missile ...

... second launch would bring a command module to be joined to the energy section, completing phase 1; this module would have one docking and nine berthing ports, airlocks, command station, guidance and control, data ... next launch would bring a second command module to the other end of the energy section. Each of the next two launches would bring a habitat module able to accommodate a crew of ...

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