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Reentry
Jul 21, 2009 16:48:21 GMT -4
Post by Jairo on Jul 21, 2009 16:48:21 GMT -4
Which Apollo capsules were seen during reentry?
Thanks.
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Jul 21, 2009 17:18:06 GMT -4
Post by laurel on Jul 21, 2009 17:18:06 GMT -4
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Jul 21, 2009 18:01:37 GMT -4
Post by Obviousman on Jul 21, 2009 18:01:37 GMT -4
I just got Colin Mackellar's DVD yesterday at the 40th celebrations, and it has the footage of the Apollo 11 re-entry taken from the ARIA aircraft. You see the SM burn up, then see the CM come down into the lower atmosphere.
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Reentry
Jul 22, 2009 9:19:16 GMT -4
Post by Kiwi on Jul 22, 2009 9:19:16 GMT -4
National Geographic magazine, May 1969, has, as usual, an excellent article about Apollo 8 on pages 593 to 631.
On pages 624 and 625 there is a night-time photo of the service module entering the atmosphere, along with a marvellous description of the re-entry of the command module as observed by Captain James Holliday on Pan American flight 812 from Fiji to Honolulu on 27 December 1968.
He describes seeing a tiny pinpoint of light a bit below and to the left of the star Capella. The pinpoint suddenly grew to a pinkish red and streamed a tail which grew to a length of about 125 miles. What he, his crew and the passengers on the flight were viewing was the command module of Apollo 8 re-entering the atmosphere. They watched it for about three minutes, and the tail and light went out as it neared the splashdown point.
"In my 26 years of airline flying, this is the most spectacular, sensational thing I've ever watched," said Captain Holliday. "There was no musical score, nor was one needed. But the set was fantastic -- and we had the best seats in the house."
National Geographic December 1969 has on pages 780 and 781 three large photos of the Apollo 11 SM breaking up and one small one of the CM re-entering. The caption says:
Here's another version of Apollo 11's re-entry:
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Jul 22, 2009 17:24:55 GMT -4
Post by blackstar on Jul 22, 2009 17:24:55 GMT -4
Thank you all for those references, this was something that I had just never heard of before, I guess thats the thing with real events, the more you look the more there is to learn.
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Ian Pearse
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Reentry
Jul 23, 2009 7:22:22 GMT -4
Post by Ian Pearse on Jul 23, 2009 7:22:22 GMT -4
Thank you all for those references, this was something that I had just never heard of before, I guess thats the thing with real events, the more you look the more there is to learn. That's one of the things that makes this subject so interesting ;D
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Jul 25, 2009 11:03:08 GMT -4
Post by Jairo on Jul 25, 2009 11:03:08 GMT -4
Thank you all again!
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