Apollo 15 Command Module Endeavor
The Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/).
From the website:
Apollo 15 was the fourth mission to land astronauts on the moon and the only Apollo mission with an all-Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew the command module on display, named Endeavor, to the moon in 1971. The craft is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
After launch on July 26, 1971, the crew spent four days traveling to the moon. On July 30, Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon, and spent about 67 hours on the lunar surface. Worden remained aboard Endeavor in lunar orbit conducting experiments and taking photographs. The crew returned to Earth on Aug. 7, 1971, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. The successful mission lasted just over 12 days.
The three major Apollo spacecraft components were the command module, the service module and the lunar module. The service module carried equipment, plus support and propulsion systems, while the lunar module took two crewman to the moon's surface. Like earlier Mercury and Gemini spacecraft, the Apollo command module re-entered Earth's atmosphere blunt-end first. A protective heat shield made of epoxy resins in a metal honeycomb charred away as the spacecraft slowed in the atmosphere, shedding the nearly 3,000-degree (F) heat of re-entry. Parachutes then slowed the spacecraft for a landing in the Pacific Ocean. One of Apollo 15's three parachutes failed, and Endeavor hit the water somewhat faster than the anticipated 29-36 mph, but no crewmen were injured.
The command module, made by North American Rockwell Corp., is 10 feet, 7 inches tall, 12 feet, 10 inches wide, and 12,952 pounds at launch. The space for three crewmen inside is about 210 cubic feet, about the same as an average minivan. The crew compartment contained navigation equipment, controls and displays, and other equipment. The lower part of the spacecraft housed plumbing, wiring, fuel and reaction control engines, while the upper part contained re-entry parachutes and a hatch for passage to the lunar module. The hatch on the side of the spacecraft was used for entry before launch and exit after returning to Earth, and is located above the middle of three side-by-side astronaut couches.
Apollo 15 Command Module Endeavor
The Missile and Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/).
From the website:
Apollo 15 was the fourth mission to land astronauts on the moon and the only Apollo mission with an all-Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew the command module on display, named Endeavor, to the moon in 1971. The craft is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
After launch on July 26, 1971, the crew spent four days traveling to the moon. On July 30, Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon, and spent about 67 hours on the lunar surface. Worden remained aboard Endeavor in lunar orbit conducting experiments and taking photographs. The crew returned to Earth on Aug. 7, 1971, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. The successful mission lasted just over 12 days.
The three major Apollo spacecraft components were the command module, the service module and the lunar module. The service module carried equipment, plus support and propulsion systems, while the lunar module took two crewman to the moon's surface. Like earlier Mercury and Gemini spacecraft, the Apollo command module re-entered Earth's atmosphere blunt-end first. A protective heat shield made of epoxy resins in a metal honeycomb charred away as the spacecraft slowed in the atmosphere, shedding the nearly 3,000-degree (F) heat of re-entry. Parachutes then slowed the spacecraft for a landing in the Pacific Ocean. One of Apollo 15's three parachutes failed, and Endeavor hit the water somewhat faster than the anticipated 29-36 mph, but no crewmen were injured.
The command module, made by North American Rockwell Corp., is 10 feet, 7 inches tall, 12 feet, 10 inches wide, and 12,952 pounds at launch. The space for three crewmen inside is about 210 cubic feet, about the same as an average minivan. The crew compartment contained navigation equipment, controls and displays, and other equipment. The lower part of the spacecraft housed plumbing, wiring, fuel and reaction control engines, while the upper part contained re-entry parachutes and a hatch for passage to the lunar module. The hatch on the side of the spacecraft was used for entry before launch and exit after returning to Earth, and is located above the middle of three side-by-side astronaut couches.