#apollo month

Thanks to everyone for making Apollo Month awesome! It was a great experience that I will defiantly try to do again. If anyone has suggestions feel free to let me know :)

The CO2 filter (made of the CM filter, sock, duct tape, and paper) made by Mission Control and the Apollo 13 crew was used to fix the CO2 problem on their Lunar Module Lifeboat. It was one of the greatest things invented by NASA due to its simplicity and effective use. It is now often used in business classes to demonstrate the effectiveness of working together

Apollo 13 Movie in GIFS 2/2- The Explosion through NASA’s Finest Hour 

Apollo 13 Movie in GIFS 1/2- The 1st Landing through Transposition & Docking

At times during the Apollo 13 mission, the only equipment “powered up” was life support, lights, the caution and warning system, low-level telemetry to give the ground an idea of the state of the ship, and voice communications.

Out of the 12 men who walked on the Moon, only 8 are still alive. Only 17 out of the 24 men who traveled to the Moon are still alive; Jack Swigert was the first of this group to die in 1982.