Apollo 14 Lunar Module Orbit Monitor Chart, Circular

6 responses to “Apollo 14 Lunar Module Orbit Monitor Chart, Circular”

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   jurvetson

   Jun 21, 2011 at 10:59 pm

   Apollo 14 Simulator plate and docking ring
   

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   jurvetson

   Jun 21, 2011 at 11:23 pm

   Apollo 12 Landing Site (about 1 o’clock off the center point):Map Legend:
   Theophilus Crater…. from the Apollo 16 transcript:
   075 23 26 Duke: Houston, we’re coming up on Theophilus now. Central peak’s in the shadows, and the – As we approach the terminator, looking out towards the horizon, it really looks rugged.
   
   This big crater, almost half the width of the page, was a cue for me to track the landmarks, as they did in Apollo 16 to the landing site (not marked here as that was a future mission at the time of this map):
   
   The Apollo 16 landing site is just above the "10+00" text in the bottom right corner – the Descartes Highlands.

   074 54 39 Mattingly: And, Pete, your first view at Tsiolkovsky out of my window is pretty – it’s a spectacular sight the way that – looks like a marshmallow float – a central peak floating in the top of a hot chocolate.

   074 54 55 Young: Yeah, you – it – it’s like – three guys – they’ve each got a window, and we’re staring at – at the ground. It’s really – Boy, this has got to be the neatest way to make a living anybody’s ever invented.

   And the big crater was a landmark on the ascent as well. From later in the transcript:
   177 18 14 Duke (LM onboard): There’s old – What’s the big crater down there? It looks like Theophilus. (more from the transcript)

   Chart loop from first to last page
   

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   PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

   Jun 21, 2011 at 11:55 pm

   I love the Space Dream archiving quest you are in Steve, for up-growing and future generations of Tintins and other curious explorers !!! =)

   Indeed like Googlemap =) But where is the cheese…. =)

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   Astrocatou

   Jun 22, 2011 at 12:28 am

   Here is a recent look at the (14) landing site
   (best seen in the video portion)
   http://www.universetoday.com/37870/latest-lro-image-solves-apoll...

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   solerena

   Jun 22, 2011 at 2:57 am

   fantastic collection and space dream!!! cool looking… there is no cheese, only marshmallows and hot chocolate:D

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   jurvetson

   Feb 6, 2021 at 12:50 am

   Today is the 50th anniversary of Ed’s first steps on the moon.

   I spoke with him and he signed this map

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