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© 2010 by the Editors of Working on
the Moon. Some photos taken during an April 1969 training session were published in the 5 May 1969 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology. Photographer James H. Pickerell has given permission for use of those photos in the Journal. Scans courtesy of Journal Contributor Randy Attwood. Last revised 9 October 2012. |
Event |
Apollo
14 Ground Elapsed Time (From Television) |
Apollo
14 Time from Start (mm:ss) |
Apollo
12 Ground Elapsed Time (From transcript*) |
Apollo
12
Time from Start (mm:ss) |
Apollo 11 Training
Photographs |
Total
Task
Times |
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Start Offload |
114:11:32 |
0 |
115:53:42 | 0 |
|
Finish Deployment |
114:22:05 | 10:33 |
116:08:59 | 15:15 | |
Deployment details |
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Start Off-Load | 114:11:32 |
0 |
115:53:42 | 0 |
S69-31055 |
Carried package away from
bay |
114:12:22 |
00:50 |
115:54:26 |
00:44 |
S69-31056 |
Reached deployment
location, rough align, remove top plate |
114:13:12 |
01:40 |
115:54:53 |
01:11 |
S69-31057 S69-31150 |
Discarded top plate |
114:14:04 |
02:32 |
S69-31151 | ||
Has mast raised |
114:14:34 |
03:02 |
115:56:27 | 02:45 |
S69-31152 |
Third leg raised |
114:15:06 |
03:34 |
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Leg straps removed, legs
released, tripod raised and legs locked |
114:15:54 |
04:22 |
S69-31155 S69-31156 S69-31157 S69-31158 |
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Umbrella cover removed
and discarded |
114:16:01 |
04:29 |
115:58:11 | 04:29 |
S69-31159 Cover is in the foreground in this A11 training photo, with the carry bar on top of it. |
Question from Houston
about leg penetration answered |
114:16:26 |
04:54 |
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Removed and discarded
carry bar and rib protector |
114:16:51 |
05:19 |
115:59:25 |
05:43 |
S69-31159(detail) S69-31165(detail) Neil has the rib protector in his right hand and will let it slide down the leg on our right. |
2nd leg question answered |
114:17:01 |
05:29 |
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Al worked on far side of
the antenna, probably deploying the trigger
lanyard. Ed brought the connecting cable from the
MESA. Noticed that the antenna was too far from
the MESA. |
114:17:27 |
05:55 |
S69-31160 S69-31161 |
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Ed returned to MESA to
see if he has pulled the full cable length out.
Returned. |
114:18:04 |
06:32 |
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Antenna in final location |
114:18:33 |
07:01 |
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Umbrella released but
hung up; antenna tipped 90 degrees so Mitchell could
free. Returned to upright. |
114:19:27 |
07:55 |
116:01:14 Didn't get hung up. |
07:32 |
S69-31162 S69-31163 Apollo 14 training film clip Didn't get hung up. |
Shepard used the crank to
set approximate elevation. |
114:20:42 |
09:10 |
S69-31059(detail) S69-311179 KSC-70PC-0016 (Apollo 13 training photo showing Jim Lovell using the crank) |
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Mitchell on the sighting
"glass". Shepard adjusted azimuth, looking from
behind. They then fine-tuned elevation and got Earth
centered. |
114:22:05 |
10:33 |
116:08:59 |
00:00 |
S69-17211(detail) S69-31165 S69-31165(detail) unnumbered training photo |