Why did Apollo mission numbering skip 2,3,4,5 and 6?
Oct 22, 2013 · Apollo 1 was a ground test that ended in a fire. The next Apollo mission I have any reference to is Apollo 7. What happened to Apollo 2,3,4,5 and 6?
Apollo 6, reason for premature engine shutdown of two engines …
May 10, 2019 · I found different versions in the English and German Wikipedia articles about the Apollo 6 flight. "Das zweite Triebwerk wurde vom Steuerungssystem fälschlicherweise …
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Aug 1, 2019 · Apollo 8 orbited the moon, and obviously Apollo 11 landed. I'm wondering if there were any test missions to get unmanned ships to the moon and safely back to Earth? It seems …
Why was the Saturn V considered to be human-rated after Apollo 6?
Jun 19, 2019 · Apollo 6 (AS-502) was the second flight of the Saturn V (the first having been Apollo 4 /AS-501, five months earlier), the last flight of a Block I CSM, 1 and the last …
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Feb 17, 2019 · Closed 6 years ago. I must be missing something - escape velocity is about 25,000mph. The distance to the moon about 240,000 miles. That computes to about a 9 hour …
What was the mass of each of the 12 completed Apollo Lunar …
Aug 1, 2023 · The propellant tanks on the Apollo 10 Lunar Module "Snoopy" was famously left not full. There is an urban myth that it was done to prevent Gene Cernan and …
Why didn't the Apollo 11 lander blow the dust away? (or why does …
Feb 16, 2015 · In this picture, we can see the footprints near the Apollo 11 lander. Shouldn't the dust have been blown away when Apollo 11 landed?
apollo program - What does it mean to tune the Saturn F-1 …
Mar 17, 2022 · 12 Chapter 10 of Chariots For Apollo remarks the following in discussing the pogo problem of Apollo 4 and 6 and the role of the first stage F-1 engines in that: The mission …
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Aug 8, 2022 · Why was the Apollo 6 service module painted white? All other SM's were silver except Apollo 6. I'm wondering what the justification for this was, if any?
How did NASA choose who descended in the LEM during the …
Sep 25, 2017 · 43 Referring to the Apollo missions, As many know, during Apollo 11, Michael Collins didn't descend with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin towards the moon. I can only begin …