Apollo 14 Docking Success Ends Moon Landing Fears
SPACE CENTER Houston CUPN The Apollo 14 mission faced weather delays and repeated docking failures. Five attempts finally succeeded docking the command ship and lunar lander, enabling the mission to proceed despite a battery anomaly and a marginal ascent power reading.
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Apollo astronauts return guarded by medical team and ship quarantine
Flight surgeon Dr. William R. Carpentier and engineer Robert Sam enter a mobile quarantine van aboard the recovery ship ABQARD USS New Orleans to shield astronauts from illness before splashdown in the Pacific. Culbertsen prepares lunar samples for shipment to Houston while space officials monitor lunar orbit operations and an abort sensor incident aboard Apollo 16 is reviewed.
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Dish Antenna Moon TV Hero
SPACE CENTER Houston A 210 foot wide dish near Goldstone California is hailed as the real hero of the Apollo 14 television Moon show. Signals picked up by the dish are relayed to Mission Control in Houston for processing and distribution to networks and relay via satellites to the world.
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Haise Plays A Vital Role In Apollo 1 Mission
Haise supports the Apollo 1 mission with vital input as the spacecraft faced a computer failure. He supplies crucial data to astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell, helping to bypass the issue and keep the mission on track amid delays.
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Real Cool Astra on Moon Landing Heartbeat Measure
Alan B. Shepard's heartbeat was partially recorded during the Moon landing. Director Gerald Griffin said the sensor showed sn heats per minute, roughly normal, though only one heartbeat could be measured inside the lander.
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