a11_v_bw_o_n (L-69-4540)
“Astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin Lunar Module Pilot at the (LLRF) Lunar Landing Research Facility. Aldrin was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. On November 11, 1966, he and command pilot James Lovell were launched into space in the Gemini 12 spacecraft on a 4-day flight, which brought the Gemini program to a successful close. Aldrin established a new record for extravehicular activity (EVA), spending 5-1/2 hours outside the spacecraft. He served as lunar module pilot for Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, the first manned lunar landing mission. Aldrin followed Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, completing a 2-hour and 15-minute lunar EVA. In July 1971, Aldrin resigned from NASA. Aldrin has logged 289 hours and 53 minutes in space, of which, 7 hours and 52 minutes were spent in EVA.”
Above & image from/at:
images.nasa.gov/details-LRC-1969-B701_P-04540
Also:
“Nearly 25 years ago, on July 20,1969, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, shown here with NASA Langley Research Centers Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Simulator, became one of the first humans to walk on the moon after practicing with the simulator in May of 1969. Training with the simulator, part of Langley’s Lunar Research Facility, allowed the Apollo astronauts to study and safely overcome problems that could have occurred during the final 150-foot descent to the surface of the moon. NASA needed such a facility in order to explore and develop techniques for landing the LEM on the moon’s surface, where the gravity is only one-sixth as strong as on Earth, as well as to determine the limits of human piloting capabilities in the new surroundings. This unique facility, completed in 1965 and now a National Historic Landmark, effectively canceled all but one-sixth of Earths gravitational force by using an overhead cable system.”
At/from:
archive.org/details/NIX-EL-1996-00217
Credit: Internet Archive website
And:
m.facebook.com/nasalarc/photos/a.2219152361464403/2219153...
Credit: NASA Langley Research Center/Facebook
From 1967. Note the different - and apparently earlier - design of the Lunar Excursion Module Simulator.
So then, were there two separate/different simulators, or one that was modified as time went on? And there would've been a back-up, right? Will we ever know? Does anyone even care? Rhetorical question.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FGkj_73R0
Credit: Retro Space HD/YouTube
An excellent read regarding the LLRF:
launiusr.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/how-might-we-preserve-t...
Credit: Roger Launius’s Blog
a11_v_bw_o_n (L-69-4540)
“Astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin Lunar Module Pilot at the (LLRF) Lunar Landing Research Facility. Aldrin was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. On November 11, 1966, he and command pilot James Lovell were launched into space in the Gemini 12 spacecraft on a 4-day flight, which brought the Gemini program to a successful close. Aldrin established a new record for extravehicular activity (EVA), spending 5-1/2 hours outside the spacecraft. He served as lunar module pilot for Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, the first manned lunar landing mission. Aldrin followed Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, completing a 2-hour and 15-minute lunar EVA. In July 1971, Aldrin resigned from NASA. Aldrin has logged 289 hours and 53 minutes in space, of which, 7 hours and 52 minutes were spent in EVA.”
Above & image from/at:
images.nasa.gov/details-LRC-1969-B701_P-04540
Also:
“Nearly 25 years ago, on July 20,1969, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, shown here with NASA Langley Research Centers Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Simulator, became one of the first humans to walk on the moon after practicing with the simulator in May of 1969. Training with the simulator, part of Langley’s Lunar Research Facility, allowed the Apollo astronauts to study and safely overcome problems that could have occurred during the final 150-foot descent to the surface of the moon. NASA needed such a facility in order to explore and develop techniques for landing the LEM on the moon’s surface, where the gravity is only one-sixth as strong as on Earth, as well as to determine the limits of human piloting capabilities in the new surroundings. This unique facility, completed in 1965 and now a National Historic Landmark, effectively canceled all but one-sixth of Earths gravitational force by using an overhead cable system.”
At/from:
archive.org/details/NIX-EL-1996-00217
Credit: Internet Archive website
And:
m.facebook.com/nasalarc/photos/a.2219152361464403/2219153...
Credit: NASA Langley Research Center/Facebook
From 1967. Note the different - and apparently earlier - design of the Lunar Excursion Module Simulator.
So then, were there two separate/different simulators, or one that was modified as time went on? And there would've been a back-up, right? Will we ever know? Does anyone even care? Rhetorical question.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FGkj_73R0
Credit: Retro Space HD/YouTube
An excellent read regarding the LLRF:
launiusr.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/how-might-we-preserve-t...
Credit: Roger Launius’s Blog