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The timer could also be used with the rendezvous back-up charts to ensure the LM could join the CSM in lunar orbit after the crew launched from the lunar surface.
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Three days later (42 years ago yesterday), at 12:27 Eastern Daylight Time, Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins went into lunar orbit.
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"Placing a NEA in lunar orbit would provide a new capability for human exploration not seen since Apollo, " the report reads.
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Guess what would happen to Apollo if it missed the lunar orbit?
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Next, we are going to have our guys fly to the surface and back in a ship made of foil, then somehow dock with the orbiting craft, none of which has been tested in lunar orbit, fire another engine blast and get home, again without any steering, power or otherwise.
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In preparation, four Earth orbital Mercury launches (carrying one astronaut each), one suborbital and nine Earth orbital Gemini flights (two astronauts each), two Earth orbital Apollo tests (three astronauts each), and two orbit tests made the lunar landings possible.
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William Safire prepared a eulogy for Richard Nixon to deliver should the lunar module fail to get back up into orbit.
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The watch was used to time the duration of the Descent Orbit Insertion maneuver and to time the rendezvous maneuvers after launch from the lunar surface.
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For example, instead of the lunar rendezvous method that NASA chose for the Apollo program, the player can opt for Earth-orbit rendezvous or even direct-ascent where a single giant spacecraft lifts off from Earth and lands on the Moon.
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