Inside NASA mission control
Chapter 1
The birth of Mission Control
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Chapter 2
The Apollo 11 triumph
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Chapter 3
The Apollo 13 rescue
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Chapter 4
Modern Mission Control and the future
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Inside NASA mission control
Ch 2 · The Apollo 11 triumph
hank Apollo 11 Mission Control
We were twenty-eight in control (twenty-eight!) / Guiding the Eagle to its goal! (Yeah, we landed!)
Fun Fact
The 1202 alarm: The famous Apollo 11 computer alarm occurred because the rendezvous radar was accidentally left on, flooding the computer with useless data.
Glossary
astronaut (noun)
A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. Neil Armstrong became the first astronaut to walk on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.
A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. Neil Armstrong became the first astronaut to walk on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.
Quiz
Which 24-year-old guidance officer made the split-second call to ignore the 1202 computer alarms?
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Who was the Capcom that spoke to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing?
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Why is the Capsule Communicator (Capcom) role in Mission Control always filled by an astronaut?
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Approximately how long does it take a radio signal to travel from the Moon to Earth?