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Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, Volume 1 (scan)
NASA via ibiblio · 1969-07-31 · 251 pages · text by OCR
This is Volume 1 of NASA's Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, dated July 31, 1969. The Mission Operations Branch of the Flight Crew Support Division at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston prepared it, and it was originally classified Confidential. In it Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins go phase by phase through suiting, launch, powered flight, Earth orbit and lunar surface activities. They comment on suit fit, vibration, checklists, lunar dust, footing and poor sleeping conditions in the lunar module. A section titled Visual Sightings appears in the table of contents.
“Roll”17 pages
- p. 15 …LIGHTS
ARMSTRONG Launch vehicle lights, roll program, pitch program, roll complete were on time, as were…
- p. 41 …Then, just as in the simulator, the DAP rolled itself out. It ceased its pitch rate…
- p. 43 …I did have a slight roll misalignment. I knew I had a slight roll misalignment, but…
- p. 48 …It definitely had a good roll to it moving away.
## CONFIDENTIAL
- p. 63 …roll angle is unconstrained in that with large trunnion angles, the computer may pick a roll…
- p. 64 …being furnished to me in regard to roll angles. However, I didn't. That's one…
- p. 65 …What they meant was that the spacecraft did not have to be rolled in such a…
- p. 66 …very large, and you have an obvious roll on its alignment in the reticle, then it…
- p. 79 …We always used 0.3 deg/sec roll and we never tried the 0.1. It…
- p. 111 …There is a constraint on 2-jet roll, 4-jet roll, and no-jet roll, depending…
- p. 150 …While flying AOT, you depend on the other crewmember to assure you that the roll gimbal…
- p. 158 …It was then that I clearly realized that we weren't rolling as fast as was…
- p. 216 …The part that had been melted, separated, and rolled back or peeled back on the secondary…
- p. 224 …d know what is inside a certain roll. In many cases, there is nothing in it…
- p. 227 …When it rolled up, it had a tendency to sneak off to the side and crinkle…
- p. 247 …Also, I could roll over on one side or on the other. I had the two…
- p. 248 …more horizontal position or the capability to roll from one side to the other. That's…
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
MAC memo 71-17-71
71-42. Maine 12-27-71
APOLLO 11
TECHNICAL CREW DEBRIEFING
(U)
JULY 31,1969
PREPARED BY: MISSION OPERATIONS BRANCH FLIGHT CREW SUPPORT DIVISION VOL.1
GROUP 4 Downgraded at 3-year intervals; declassified after 12 years
## CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT - TITLE UNCLASSIFIED
This material contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws, Title 18, U.S.C., Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER HOUSTON.TEXAS
CONFIDENTIAL
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