Space Rocket History #341 – Apollo 15 – Serious Problems

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The SPS engine was used for all the future burns. It was the astronauts ticket home. Any doubt as to whether it could fire raised the question as to whether the mission could continue.

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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, Tranquality 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.
0:52.0	Hello and welcome.
0:58.0	This is Michael Annis, and you're listening to episode number 341 of the Space Rocket History Podcast.
1:01.0	And now, Apollo 15.
1:03.6	Serious Problems The previous episode ended with the crew in Earth orbit preparing for their next major task, the trans lunar injection burn.
1:14.6	Lot boards here in Mission Control Center on the center screen are being set up now to monitor the
1:22.6	trans lunar injection burn.
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