How did Apollo missions solve the cosmic radiation problem?
Nov 6, 2018 · Apollo solved the cosmic radiation problem in a counter-intuitive manner: by minimizing shielding. Most cosmic rays are very-high-energy atomic nuclei; the rest are very …
How was temperature and humidity maintained inside the Apollo …
Feb 28, 2018 · All the power generated by the spacecraft and by crew metabolism ends up as waste heat and must be rejected into space to maintain a comfortable temperature. (You may …
Why did Apollo spacecraft use both AC and DC equipment? Still …
Why did the Apollo spacecraft use both DC and AC power, requiring heavy inverters? Was it impractical to design everything to run on DC power only? Why? Are both AC and DC power …
apollo program - How are parachutes attached to capsule …
Dec 7, 2023 · Spacecraft capsules (Apollo, Orion, Dragon, Starliner, Soyuz, etc) use an arrangement of pilot, drogue, and main parachutes to land. I'm looking for details regarding …
What colors were used in the Apollo Lunar Module interior, and …
After the apollo 1 fire, NASA overhauled the entire spacecraft to make sure No flammable or potentially for flame starting could occur. Since alot of the interior is aluminum a metal that can …
Did Apollo's velocity slow down after TLI due to Earth's gravity?
Jan 10, 2019 · I assume Apollo's velocity slowed down after it left Earth orbit, for how long was it decelerating. Did it start accelerating as it approached the Moon. What was the rate of …
spacecraft - How did astronauts traverse from module to module …
Dec 8, 2014 · I was looking at some diagrams for the Apollo spacecraft, which I found to be interesting. It's clear that there's two separate enclosures that astronauts could reside in (the …
What was Apollo 11's reentry speed at parachute deployment?
Nov 4, 2013 · What was the velocity of the Command Module after it had penetrated through the Earth's atmosphere at the point where the parachutes were deployed?
reentry - At what angle did Apollo 13 need to reenter? - Space ...
From Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, the following is stated: In order to reenter Earth's atmosphere safely, Apollo 13 had to approach at an inclination no shallower than 5.3 degrees, …
How was the mass of the Apollo CSM determined?
Nov 2, 2018 · See this NASA pdf Apollo By the Numbers on page 48 for a lot of weight values of the CSM at various phases of the missions. The weight did change a lot, but no information …