NATS 1530 Lecture Notes - Apollo Lunar Module, Apollo 10, Deke Slayton
12 Sep 2019
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Apollo 9 was an earth-orbit flight crammed to the hilt with tests, and apollo 10 was a full-up dress rehearsal of the landing mission in lunar orbit. The lunar module"s manned debut was the primary goal for the earth-orbit apollo 9 mission. Apollo 10 was to confirm all aspects of the lunar landing mission exactly as it would be performed, except for the actual landing. The apollo 11 mission was the first lunar landing of the apollo program. It was also the fifth manned flight of the command and service modules and the third flight of the lunar module. The purpose of the mission was to perform a manned lunar landing and return safely to earth: on p. 137-138, chaikin reveals nasa"s astronaut selection process for. Apollo 11, which was kept hidden from the media for decades. Despite the truth behind the selection of armstrong to command apollo 11, what myth would endure about the reasons for his selection.
