Questions tagged [apollo-17]
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Why did LEM ascent stage swing during flight?
While watching Apollo 17 ascent footage, I've noticed that the camera is swinging quite a bit. It is definitely fixed to a window, so it means that the whole ascent stage is swinging back and forth ...
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Were the Apollo astronauts constrained in how they could set their PLSS cooling?
During EVA 2 of Apollo 17, Gene Cernan pointed out that having his PLSS on the "min cooling" setting was a little warm for him. That's probably because driving the lunar rover made his ...
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Does anyone know the source of this video?
I would like to know the source of this video? I cannot find it on youtube, but I think it's from the Apollo 17 launch (because it's night). Any ideas? Is my Apollo 17 guess correct?
This is the video:...
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How (the heck) was coherent synthetic aperture radar (SAR) implemented using photographic emulsion aboard Apollo 17?
This answer to Is there really microfilm on the Moon? includes a block quote which includes the following subquote:
The equipment was installed in the service module and consisted of a coherent ...
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Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey: Which one died on Apollo 17?
In addition to the three astronauts, Apollo 17 carried 5 pocket mice aboard the command module America. The astronauts nicknamed them Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey. One of the mice died; the remaining ...
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Why did they use uprighting bags in different sizes for the Apollo CM?
The Apollo 17 CM after recovery, image ap17-S72-55889 from ALSJ.
Part of the Apollo 12 image ap12-69-H-1895:
If the capsule splashed down with the apex under water, the white spherical uprighting ...
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What is this "black box" at the top of Apollo 17 CM?
An Apollo 17 recovery image of the top of the CM, ap17-S72-55888 from ALSJ.
What is the black box under the parachute mortar? See the green rectangle.
It might be a part of the recovery system, a ...
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Is it the Apollo CM "flowerpot parachute attachment fitting"?
An Apollo 17 recovery image of the top of the CM, ap17-S72-55888 from ALSJ.
What is the structure inside the red polygon (drawn by me)? Is it the "flowerpot parachute attachment fitting"?
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Has there been any serious prospect of human landing on the far side of the Moon?
As far as I know, the only serious projects for human exploration of the Moon have been the Apollo project, some other US studies with Gemini capsules and a couple of embryonic Soviet projects.
I see ...
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Objects that have been on the Moon multiple times
I'm reading Gene Cernan's The Last Man on the Moon and he mentioned that the flag they erected at Apollo 17's landing site had been to the Moon before: it was taken to the Moon by Apollo 11, then hung ...
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How were the "dust recepticles" installed on the Apollo 17 LM floor?
This answer quotes Apollo Program Summary Report and includes the sentence:
During the Apollo 17 mission, dust on the lunar module floor was swept into floor receptacles which were sealed before ...
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Were the Apollo broadcasts recorded locally on the LM?
I've previously asked about how the recordings from the Apollo missions were originally recorded, and then transcribed; but I forgot about the video as well! It's well known that for some of the ...
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Why is there no video of the first steps of Apollo 16 and 17?
In doing research in to the first words said on the surface of the various Apollo astronauts, I found there was no video of Apollo 16 and 17, at least until they had been on the surface for a while. ...
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Was lunar module "pilot" Harrison Schmitt legally a "pilot" at the time?
Geologist Harrison Schmitt was Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 17 and the last person to arrive on the moon. He was the only real scientist to walk on the moon.
Schmitt had all of the training that ...
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Why was Apollo 17 considered to have "achieved a very successful geological survey"?
They listed out all the apollo missions, with blurbs about what the outcomes were, for example here's 15, 16 and 17:
15 - Landed on moon and deployed lunar rover.
16 - Landed on moon and deployed ...
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