Apollo 13 Flight Director Loop - Splashdown - Part 19 (133:00-143:52)
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Published 2023-11-17
The final part of the Apollo 13 Flight Director series - The crew prepare for Service and Lunar Module separation, followed by re-entry and splashdown near to the recovery carrier, Iwo Jima.
Headphones are recommended - Left Channel - FD Loop and Right Channel - Capcom. Capcom loop is very noisy at times.
All media courtesy NASA except:
* Paolos wonderful MOCR Simulation
* Clock from Orbiter Space Simulator
* All pictures timed by Robin Wheeler - Amazing work and always a pleasure to work with.
* Johannes Kemppanen for the help with the Flighplans
* KS for access to the Flight Director notes
Rob Zelenak - US TV Coverage
Samuel Lawson - MOCR Info
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All Comments (21)
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The relief in Gene's voice at 9:46:15
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I love how the tv screen in control room turn to normal tv to watch stuff. LM5 you are a HERO
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On this day at School, we had another special assembly where we prayed again for the crew and for the safe re-entry and splashdown. As we all know, the Film Apollo 13 used far too much so-called 'artistic license'. It's so great you've covered this mission (and other missions) so that we know for real what really went on, what they were up against.
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I will never forget that day. I was at home from school, sick I think. I had been following the mission since launch and of course intensely since the bang. By this time, it was really not certain they’d come back home but at least the power-up was being reported as having started. I watched entry interface with my mum and I think we were both in tears as the CM finally emerged from blackout. It seemed like an age. Finally drogues and mains and then finally splashdown. What a success for NASA. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 13.
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Thank you for posting this. Better than the movie!
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The greatest recovery mission, of all time!
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Tough ride home for Haise. Lovell cool as a cucumber..."steely eyed missle man.". First time ive heard this...have listened to all the other 13 loops youve uploaded. Put this on to go to sleep to but ten minutes in ive already got goose bumps like were back in real time. Awesome...
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Im on your channel once a day st least. Archiving alll the material you have is s blessing beyond belief. You are leading s wonderfully productive and valuable life. Thank you 👍🙏
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Perfect work, this mission deserved it. Thank you, LM5!
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Haha Jim telling Joe he has a good bedside manner is hilarious.
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Congratulations on completing it! Loved listening to it! Keep up the great work!
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Thank you for that tremendous work!
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This is great!! Well done!
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Thank you, Simon🎉 congratulations!
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Thank you lunar for a very impressive work. Must have taken an enormous amount of time to put together.
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Ah mate, these are so good. Just got back into getting through them after rotten work getting in the way. Great effort. Thank you 😉
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9:49:57 today I learned the Shuttle wasn’t the only spacecraft that could produce a sonic boom,lol
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Do we know why the radio blackout was about a minute longer (I think) than the other reentries?
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You almost got this done, LM-5. Wonderful job. Thanks! What’s next (lol)?
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Ok, I'm told that the film "Apollo 13" was better than most Hollywood depiction of real events -- which is damning with faint praise indeed. I remember vaguely the line saying something like "flight, they are still shallowing up, should we tell them / Can we do anything about it / no / then they don't need to know, do they?". Listening to this we see that 1) they were shallowing up, but it's wasn't anything to worry about, there was no question about not telling them, and they indeed told them right away. Also there was the part where they were calling, calling, calling...but in reality, they got telemetry and then got voice right away...or did I miss something? Don't get me started.
