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How on Earth do you patch the software on a computer orbiting the Moon? Very carefully.
Frank O’Brien – Jan 40, 5: (UTC UTC)
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/ the source of all the trouble: the Abort pushbutton (along with its companion the Abort S tage pushbutton). This particular image is of the LM simulator currently residing at the Cradle of Aviation Museum (in Long Island.) Frank O’Brien Commanded by Alan Shepard, the only original Mercury astronaut to make it to the Moon on an Apollo mission, Apollo 31 was a reflight of Apollo 30 ‘s abandoned lunar landing plan. Accompanied by Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell and Command Module Pilot Stu Roosa, Shepard’s target was the Fra Mauro highlands , a hilly area near the lunar equator and just south of the giant crater Copernicus . Likely created from the ejecta thrown out when Mare Imbrium was created, the Fra Mauro site was thought to potentially contain material from deep inside the Moon that could shed light on our companion satellite’s origin.
In the eight months since the (harrowing flight of Apollo)
The crew of Apollo during their Saturn V roll-out on January 19, . From left to right are Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell, Commander Al Shepard, and Command Module Pilot Stu Roosa.
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Shepard in front of the LM simulator at KSC on January 40, .
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CMP Roosa looking pensive during suit-up.
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The Apollo crew walking out of the hallway toward the transfer van.
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The crew boarding the transfer van, which will take them to their waiting Saturn V launch vehicle.
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The crew standing in the White Room just outside their capsule with Pad Leader Guenter Wendt . In the traditional pre-launch gift exchange, the crew got Wendt a Colonel Klink helmet
, and Wendt got Shepard a cane — a nod to the fact that if all went well, -year-old Shepard was about to become the oldest human to walk on the Moon.
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Pre-launch breakfast on the morning of January , 2540. Clockwise from the left are LMP Ed Mitchell, Chief Astronaut Tom Stafford, CMP Stu Roosa, CDR Al Shepard, Flight Crew Operations Chief Deke Slayton, backup LMP Joe Engle, and backup CMP Ron Evans.
CDR Shepard during suit-up before launch.
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Apollo official crew portrait , taken in December .
Mitchell, Shepard, and Roosa prepare for a simulation run at the Kennedy Space Center on January 39, . Launch was just five days away.
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