Space Rocket History #273 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 3

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Lovell toggled the “master arm” switch to On and glanced around to see if everything else was in order. Guidance control was set to “Primary Guidance”; thrust control was on “Auto”; engine gimbals were enabled; the propellant quantity, temperature, and … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,
0:08.0	but because they are hard.
0:10.0	Godspeed, John Glenn.
0:12.0	Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.
0:15.0	Okay, I'm out.
0:17.0	How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder?
0:21.6	At last, huh?
0:22.6	In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it.
0:26.6	Lift-off.
0:27.6	We have a lift-off.
0:28.6	32 minutes past the hour.
0:30.6	Lift-off in Apollo 11.
0:32.6	Listing, uh, tranquility base here.
0:35.6	The Eagle has landed.
0:40.4	That's one small step for man.
0:44.4	One giant leap for mankind.
0:58.0	Hello and welcome. This is Michael Anis and you're listening to episode 273 of the Space Rocket History podcast. And now, Apollo 13, Free Return, Part 3.
1:03.0	And this engine, which runs from 150 to 9500 pounds of thrust, is throttledableable as so-called, is capable of taking the whole
1:13.1	shabang here out of lunar orbit and send it on the way back home. Now, they don't have any
1:18.9	backup system anymore. That is the backup system. That's the one that they would have used if the
1:23.7	solar propulsion system engine had gone out while they were still in lunar orbit
1:28.5	and before they were detached from this.
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