Apollo 13 streaming in real time
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:08 am
Hey, all:
In case you hadn't seen this, they are replaying the communications from the Apollo 13 mission in real time:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/
If you want to start from the beginning, you can start at T-00:01:00 before liftoff, or drop in at real time. As I write this, we are currently 13 hours from the accident that would change the mission and put the astronauts into a fight for their lives (at 55:54:53 MET, or 22:08 CDT, Apr 13.)
What strikes me is how incredibly calm these guys are. During launch, the center engine on the second stage quit two minutes early. "We'll just burn longer with the other four" like they missed their exit, and they'll just take next one. Wow!
If you can find it, the movie "Apollo 13" (1995) is a wonderful retelling of the tale. Of course, as Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise will tell you, they exaggerated the tension "a bit" which makes me chuckle considering the life and death nature of the accident. Just another reminder of the steely-eyed-missle-man mentality of the Apollo program.
Speaking of, you've got time on your hands... Go read "The Right Stuff" again.
Airman: "Sir... Is that a man?"
Jack Ridley: "You damn right it is."
In case you hadn't seen this, they are replaying the communications from the Apollo 13 mission in real time:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/
If you want to start from the beginning, you can start at T-00:01:00 before liftoff, or drop in at real time. As I write this, we are currently 13 hours from the accident that would change the mission and put the astronauts into a fight for their lives (at 55:54:53 MET, or 22:08 CDT, Apr 13.)
What strikes me is how incredibly calm these guys are. During launch, the center engine on the second stage quit two minutes early. "We'll just burn longer with the other four" like they missed their exit, and they'll just take next one. Wow!
If you can find it, the movie "Apollo 13" (1995) is a wonderful retelling of the tale. Of course, as Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise will tell you, they exaggerated the tension "a bit" which makes me chuckle considering the life and death nature of the accident. Just another reminder of the steely-eyed-missle-man mentality of the Apollo program.
Speaking of, you've got time on your hands... Go read "The Right Stuff" again.
Airman: "Sir... Is that a man?"
Jack Ridley: "You damn right it is."