a17_v_c_o_AKP (108-KSC-72C-834, 3-13-72)
Lunar Module 12 (LM-12)/Challenger ascent stage cabin 'baseline' documentation photo. Taken at the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB), 13 March 1972.
In this view, looking up at the ceiling above LMP Harrison Schmitt’s station, the upper right corner of panel no. 2, to include some of its displays & controls, is at the far left. To its right is the Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT) guard, it's optics & controls wrapped in plastic for protection. Two sets/groupings of main panel/cabin floodlights are ‘above’ & ‘below’ to its immediate right. Farther to the right is the centrally located/consolidated controls for those lights, in addition to two utility light receptacles. At the lower left-hand corner, the angled/canted (from this perspective) top edge of the LMP window can be seen, with a protective panel over it, which apparently has a circular ‘window’. Running along the top edge of the window are two coiled cables, at least one of which connects to the 16mm DAC, when it’s affixed. The triangularly peaked recessed area accommodates the camera, which is mounted to the lighter gray bar bearing the long red-ink serial/part no. Finally, along the bottom of the photograph is the top edge of circuit breaker panel no. 16.
As if all of that wasn’t enough, the glass-reinforced perforated covers were not originally planned for the LM interior. The ceiling originally had exposed cabling, which Astronauts raised concerns about possibly damaging. As a result, one of the eight ‘crew compartment design’ Requests For Change (RFC) that were approved - which required hardware changes - was the addition of the ceiling covers to protect the wiring and prevent the collection of debris in this area.
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a17_v_c_o_AKP (108-KSC-72C-834, 3-13-72)
Lunar Module 12 (LM-12)/Challenger ascent stage cabin 'baseline' documentation photo. Taken at the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB), 13 March 1972.
In this view, looking up at the ceiling above LMP Harrison Schmitt’s station, the upper right corner of panel no. 2, to include some of its displays & controls, is at the far left. To its right is the Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT) guard, it's optics & controls wrapped in plastic for protection. Two sets/groupings of main panel/cabin floodlights are ‘above’ & ‘below’ to its immediate right. Farther to the right is the centrally located/consolidated controls for those lights, in addition to two utility light receptacles. At the lower left-hand corner, the angled/canted (from this perspective) top edge of the LMP window can be seen, with a protective panel over it, which apparently has a circular ‘window’. Running along the top edge of the window are two coiled cables, at least one of which connects to the 16mm DAC, when it’s affixed. The triangularly peaked recessed area accommodates the camera, which is mounted to the lighter gray bar bearing the long red-ink serial/part no. Finally, along the bottom of the photograph is the top edge of circuit breaker panel no. 16.
As if all of that wasn’t enough, the glass-reinforced perforated covers were not originally planned for the LM interior. The ceiling originally had exposed cabling, which Astronauts raised concerns about possibly damaging. As a result, one of the eight ‘crew compartment design’ Requests For Change (RFC) that were approved - which required hardware changes - was the addition of the ceiling covers to protect the wiring and prevent the collection of debris in this area.
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