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08 May 2010
Final Round of Apollo 13 Questions Answered by Jerry Woodfill
Our readers had questions about our series "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," and NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill has graciously answered them. Below is the final round of Q & A with Jerry; but if you missed them, here are part 1 and part 2. Again, our sincere thanks to Jerry Woodfill for [...]
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07 May 2010
More of Your Apollo 13 Questions Answered by Jerry Woodfill
Our many thanks to NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill for taking the time to answer questions from our readers about our series on "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13." Here is part 2 of the questions, and if you missed Part 1, here is the link. That's Jerry above, in the image with Apollo [...]
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06 May 2010
Your Questions about Apollo 13 Answered by Jerry Woodfill
Now that our series on "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13" is complete, NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill has graciously agreed to answer questions from our readers. We have a lot of questions, so we will post some of Jerry's answers today and more over the next few days. Question from Daniel Roy: Did [...]
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05 May 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 13: The Mission Operations Team
The phrase "last but not least" was likely never more appropriate. Though this is the last article of our "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13" series, it might be the most important. "Each time I’ve heard Jim Lovell or Fred Haise speak of the rescue," said NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill, "they have always [...]
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28 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 12: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. Going the Moon was big. It was a giant stride in doing what had once been thought impossible. [...]
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28 April 2010
Submit Your Questions about Apollo, Apollo 13 to NASA Engineer Jerry Woodfill
Our series "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13" has raised a few questions for some of our readers about spacecraft design, decisions made during the Apollo program, and general questions about spaceflight. Some of you have already left questions as comments on the articles or sent in emails. NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill, who [...]
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27 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 11: A Hollywood Movie
Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. A Hollywood movie depicts three astronauts who survive an accident in space, but their lives hang in the balance [...]
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26 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 10: Duct Tape
Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. It's the handy man's secret weapon, and has become a must-have item for astronauts, too. While duct tape [...]
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21 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 9: Position of the Tanks
The saga of the Apollo 13 accident actually began years prior to the launch of the mission. As Jim Lovell wrote in his book, "Lost Moon" the accident was "an accumulation of human errors and technical anomalies that doomed Apollo 13." But had coincidences been just a little different Apollo 13 could have [...]
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19 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 8: The Command Module Wasn't Severed
When the Apollo 13 crew jettisoned the crippled Service Module as they approached Earth, they saw the extent of the damage from the explosion of an oxygen tank. "There's one whole side of that spacecraft missing!" Jim Lovell radioed to Mission Control, his voice reflecting his incredulousness at seeing the damage of a 13-ft [...]
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18 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 7: The Apollo 1 Fire
Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to [...]
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17 April 2010
Never Before Published Images of Apollo 13 Recovery
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the successful return and recovery of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and crew, which has been called the the most satisfying splashdown in the history of human spaceflight. The images here of the safe return of the Apollo 13 astronauts have never been published before, and were sent [...]
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16 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 6: Navigating By Earth's Terminator
Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. The rupture and explosion of Apollo 13's oxygen tank crippled the spacecraft, endangering the lives of the crew and [...]
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14 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 5: Unexplained Shutdown of the Saturn V Center Engine
Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. While oxygen tank number two on the Apollo 13 spacecraft was an accident waiting to happen, another problem on [...]
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13 April 2010
13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 4: Using the LM for Propulsion
Note: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, for 13 days, Universe Today will feature "13 Things That Saved Apollo 13," discussing different turning points of the mission with NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill. After Flight Director Gene Kranz and his team in Mission Control had ascertained the true peril the Apollo 13 [...]
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