22 December 1968
Apollo 8 Midcourse Navigation
Uses Apollo navigation procedures during the translunar coast to refine the spacecraft trajectory.
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Uses Apollo navigation procedures during the translunar coast to refine the spacecraft trajectory.
Supports navigation and spacecraft operations during Apollo 8's return and reentry.
Participates in early live color television transmissions from Apollo 10 during the flight to the Moon.
Pilots the command module during transposition and docking with lunar module Snoopy.
Checks lunar module Eagle systems with Armstrong before arrival in lunar orbit.
Pilots Yankee Clipper during docking with lunar module Intrepid after translunar injection.
Survives the Apollo 13 emergency after the lunar landing is aborted.
Reports the oxygen tank failure aboard Apollo 13.
Leads the crew after Apollo 13 loses an oxygen tank.
Helps activate Aquarius as the crew transfers into the lunar module after the oxygen tank failure.
Moves into Aquarius and helps activate the lunar module as an emergency lifeboat after the oxygen tank failure.
Reports spacecraft warnings after an oxygen tank explosion cripples Apollo 13’s service module.
Checks lunar module Aquarius earlier than originally planned to assess its helium tank pressure.
Reports that Apollo 13 has had a problem.
Helps shut down Odyssey to conserve its batteries and consumables for reentry.
Commands a lunar module engine burn that restores Apollo 13 to a free-return trajectory around the Moon.
Uses Aquarius as a lifeboat after Apollo 13 is damaged.
Helps shut down command module Odyssey to preserve power for Earth re-entry.
Helps use improvised equipment that adapts command module carbon-dioxide canisters to the lunar module system.
Helps operate Aquarius during the long engine burn that speeds Apollo 13’s return to Earth.
Uses the Sun to verify lunar module guidance alignment when debris makes star sightings difficult.
Helps reactivate Odyssey using emergency procedures developed by Mission Control.
Helps execute newly developed procedures to power Odyssey for reentry after days of minimal electrical use.
Helps prepare the spacecraft and crew for separation from Aquarius and Earth reentry.
Helps separate the damaged service module, allowing the crew to inspect the explosion damage before reentry.
Helps power up the cold command module using emergency procedures developed by Mission Control.
Pilots Kitty Hawk during repeated attempts to dock with lunar module Antares after launch.
Pilots Kitty Hawk during the sixth docking attempt, achieving a successful hard dock with lunar module Antares.
Pilots Endeavour during transposition and docking with lunar module Falcon.
Performs the first deep-space EVA to retrieve film cassettes from the service module.
Performs a trans-Earth coast EVA to retrieve film cassettes.
Continues toward the Moon after a programming change neutralizes an erroneous guidance-system gimbal-lock indication.
Pilots Casper during transposition and docking with lunar module Orion after launch.
Performs an EVA during the return flight to retrieve film from the service module scientific instrument bay.
Pilots America during transposition and docking with lunar module Challenger after translunar injection.
Performs a transearth EVA to retrieve mapping and lunar sounder film from the service module.
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