Apollo 13 Tech Debrief

198 Pages·1999·2.13 MB·English

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SECURITCYL AISFSCIATION
Them ateiral conthaeienriendh as beetnr an­
scriebdi ntao workipnagp eirn o rdetro
facilitraetvei ebwyi nteresMStCe edl ements.
Thidso ucmento,rp ortiotnhse reomfa,yb e
declassifsiuebdj te tcot hef ollowing
guidelines:
Portioonfst hids oucmenwti lble c lassified
CONIFDENTLI,GA rou4p, t ot hee xtentth at
they:( )1 definqeu antitatipveer formance
charactteircisosf t heA pollSopa cecraft,
()2 detaiclr iticpaelr foanrcem charact­eris
ticosf A pollcorw e systeanmds equipment,
(3 )p rovei tdecihncadle tasi olfs ignificant
launch vemhailcfluen ctiinoa ncst uafll igth
orr eveaalc tualla uncthr ajectdoaryt a,
(4 )r evaelm edicdaatl ao nf lighctre w
membewrhsi hc can bec onisderepdr ivileged
datao,r ( 5) reveaolte hrd atwah icchan be
individudaetlelrym inteodr equircel assi­
ficatiuonnd etrh ea uthoriotfyt heA pollo
Progam rSeucrityC lsasificatGiudoien,
SCG-11R,e v.1, 1 /1/66.
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CONTENTS
Section Page
1.0 SUITINAGN DI NRGESS. . . . 1-1
2.0 STATUCSH ECKASN DC OUNTND OW 2-1
3.0 POWERFELDI GHT 3-1
4.0 EARTHO BRITAN D SYSTECMSH ECKOUT 4-1
5.0 TLIT HRUS -IVBC LOSUETO 5-1
6.0 TRANSLUCNOAARS T 6-1
LUNAMROD ULEFAM ILIARIIZOANT 7-1
8.0 SPACECRAEFMETR GEYN C 8-1
8.1 COMMANDM OUDLE 8-9
8.2 LUNAMROD UL.E 8-15
9.0 LUNAFRYL BYT HROU2G-HH OUMRA NUEVER 9-1
100. TRANSEACROTAHS T 10-1
110. ENTRY. . . . .. . 11-1
120. LANDINGAN D RECEORVY 12-1
13.0 COMMAND ANDS ERIVCE MODULSEY STEOMSPE RATIONS 13-1
140. LUNAR MODULSEY STSE OMPERATIONS 14-1
15.0 FLIGHDTA TAF ILE 15-1
160. FLIGHETQ UIPMENATN DG OVERNMENTF-URNISHED
EQUPIMENT. . . 16-1
17 VISAULS IGHTINGS 17-1
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180. PREMISSINO PLANNING 18-1
190. MISSIOCNO NTR.O L . 19-1
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Section Page
20.0 TRAINING 20-1
210. HUMAN FACTORS 21-1
220. MISCELLANEOUS 22-1
1-1
1.0S UITGI ANND INGRESS
LOVELL thougthhte t imew asa dequ.a tehadn op arctuilaprr oblems
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witht hes uitgi onrt hei ngrespsro cedu.r eTsheo nltyh ing
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didn otiec wast hawt eh ado urp rotecitvev isorosn a lotl onger
thaIn expected.
SWIGERWTe d idn otg ett hep roteicvtev isroso ffu ntila ftewre h ad
ingressaendd w erael ls trappdeodw. n Thef actth awte w ere
strappdeodw mna dree movitnhgev isords iffiucl.t Everything
aftetrh awte nta ccordtiont gh ec helckista,n dw eh ada dequate
tiem.

2-l
2.0S TATUS CHECCKOSUT NDAONWDN
LOVELLG rouncdo mmuntiiocnasw ervee rgyo oda,n dt hec ountdporwon-
ceedesdm oothlTyh.ec ontroalnsdd isplawyesr aes s howtno
usa nda sw eh ade xperienicnte hde c ountddoewmno nsitorna.tI
experienncope adr ticular suonuunsduisant l h el auncvhe hicle
sequence btehfeno ormei neanlg inieg nition.
2.5 VEHICLES EQUENCE
LAUNCH
SWGIERTT heo nlty hing thatF rebadon tdhI noticweads a fluctuation
inf uel cell WfhleonIw ss.w itchfeude cle llst,h ef lowwso uld
bes tablfeo r2 or3 seconadnsd t hewno ulbde gifnl uctuating.
Thiosc currienda llt hrefeu ecle llsb;e cauisteo ccurriend
allt hreew,ea ttribuittet do s omes orot fs ignal-conditioning
probleTmh.e f luctuatwieroenl s c ycl/esce,w ouldny'otus ay,
Fred?
HAISE I'm nots urteh ewye reev etnh arte gulaWrh.ne yous witched
froomn et ot heo thert,h er eadiwnogu lfdi rsbte v ersyt able;
thena,f tear f ews econidtsw oulsdt ardtr iftiunpga couple
ofM acsh ont hes calaeb ovea,n dt hednr ifbta cdko wtno t he
normarle adinEgv.e rnyo wa ndt heni,t w oulrde peatth iss ort
ofc ycleI.'m nots uriet h ada ne xacftr equetniceytd o i t.
AsJ acska idi,t w as the insaam lel t hree,w esa oc tually
2-2
RAISE assumetdh atit w asi nt hes ignaclo nditionIi ngh.a d one
(CNTO'D)
othetrh ing adtdoo nt hel auncvhe hiclIet,' vse rsyu btle,
butI thougwhhte tnh esya itdh ey'pdu tt heh ydraultioct sh e
S-IVB,I coulfde eal littlter embbleel ouws a tt hatti me;
buto,t hetrh atnh att,h ere wneobr oeo stearc tiotnhsa It
couledv edre te,c t
LOVELL Inc ompartihnigps a rotf t he flipgrhetp aratwiiotnAh p oll8o,
I cans ayt haitt w as al otm orceo mfortaobnAl peo ll1o3. On
Apoll8o,I wasv ercyo lddu rintghs i perioadn,d I suspect
they'cvhea ngtehde e nvironmecnotnatlr soyls temI.t w asv ery
comfortatbhsli e time,
RAISE I havoen eo thetrh intgo a ddo nt hec reswt aticoonn trols.
Wes pensdo m ucthi mien t hes imulattohraswt e f orgetth e
contrabsett wetehne s imulahtaorrd waarnedt her eahla rdware,
whicihs n'uts etdo a nyd egreeI.t w asv erayp paretnhta atl l
thes witchmeosv vee rhya ridn t hes pacecrcaofmtp arteodt he
simulatoIrnf. a ctt,h et hrepeo sitisowni tchweesn tto t he
intermedpioastiet iaonndt heIn actualhlaydt of orcteh em
dowinn tpoo sitioTnh.es amew ast ruefo rt her otarkyn ob.