Questions tagged [apollo-15]
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Apollo 15: when did the astronauts manually move the LRV?
In Chapter 9 of the Apollo 15 Mission Report it says:
In the soft, loose soil at the Apollo lunar surface experiment package site, one occurrence of wheel spin was corrected by manually moving the ...
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Apollo REFSMMAT components
In the snip above, under
(b) Definition of REFSMMAT, there is a 3x3 Matrix depicted. Under
(c) REFSMMAT Components, a list of the value of each of the 9 components of the 3x3 Matrix using Unit Vectors ...
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Cost of lunar rover - Apollo 15
The lunar rover, carried by Apollo 15 to moon, cost 60 million USD, in 1971. From a layman's view, it was basically a set of 4 motorized wheels, perhaps very lightweight and with longer battery life ...
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Were these Apollo 14 and 15 recovery images taken (by a Navy frogman) using an underwater camera?
These images were taken after the flotation collar was mounted and inflated by the frogmen. Also the raft was inflated. The divers jumped off a helicopter before, no rescue ship was present. Camera ...
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Who zoomed the video camera in and out when David Scott dropped the feather and hammer on the Moon?
This answer to Have optical zoom systems been used in space exploration? explains that there were video cameras on the Moon that could zoom.
In the video below someone (or something) is zooming the ...
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What programs did David Scott add to the Apollo computer for Apollo 15?
David Scott was the commander for Apollo 15. He was also a main point of contact between MIT, who developed the Apollo flight computer, and the astronauts who were going to use that computer. ...
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Were flown lunar rover miniature license plates approved for the Apollo-15 flight?
A page in Space Flown Artifacts
describes miniature lunar rover license plates that Dave Scott carried to the moon and back:
These miniature license plates were manufactured by Boeing (makers of ...
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What antenna is this in an Apollo 15 LM photo?
The video Apollo 15 landing from PDI to Touchdown (found in Why did the Apollo 15 LM violently shake & raise dust after the contact probes touched the lunar surface?) seems to pan across a still ...
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What went wrong with Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden's seat when he was all alone, circularizing?
The X article NASA shock: Apollo 15 astronaut's Moon landing confession - 'Can't do anything to me now' says "NASA astronaut Alfred "Al" Worden dropped an astonishing Apollo 15 ...
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Apollo 15 State Vector recreation
I am trying to get the state vectors for Apollo 15 before, during, and after critical manoevers [sp]. IE TLI, LOI1, LOI2, lunar launch, preocking, postdocking, and TEI.
I am a totally newbie at all ...
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