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Space Rocket History #273 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 3
Lovell toggled the “master arm” switch to On and glanced around to see if everything else was in order. Guidance control was set to “Primary Guidance”; thrust control was on “Auto”; engine gimbals were enabled; the propellant quantity, temperature, and pressure looked good; the ship was maintaining the correct attitude.
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Space Rocket History #272 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 2
Aquarius, can you see any stars yet?
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Space Rocket History #271 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 1
Kraft wanted to fire the descent engine now, get the ship back on its free-return slingshot course, and when it emerged from behind the moon and reached the PC+2 point, execute any maneuvers that might be required to refine the trajectory or increase its speed.
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Space Rocket History #270 – Apollo 13 – The News Breaks
Cronkite did not look good. He called Schirra over and thrust a sheet of wire-service copy at him. Schirra scanned the text hurriedly, and with each sentence his heart sank. This was bad. This was worse than bad. This was . . . unheard of. He had a thousand questions, but there wasn’t time to ask……
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