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They and my TI99/4A actually weren't where I'd thought they were, I just stumbled across them somewhere else; not that it matters.
Anyway, these are my cartridge games, though I also had a few games on {shudder} audiocassette, too, incl. at least one which I 'programmed', in TI BASIC.
Ah, the '80s...
Carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon and back during their historic Apollo 11 voyage in July 1969.
Caption:
NASA/APOLLO W/O 10930E
VIEW OF APOLLO LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM STRUCTURAL SKIRT AFTER REWORK.
PYROTECHNIC INSTALLATION BLDG.
J.F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
Photo dated 8-30-65
Labelled "Site 564"
Edited NASA illustration of the general internal arrangement of an Apollo capsule.
Image source: images.nasa.gov/#/
National Museum of the US Air Force
Command Module Endeavour
Apollo 15 was the fourth successful moon landing mission and the only Apollo mission with an all-U.S. Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin, and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew this spacecraft, named Endeavour, to the moon in July 1971. The command module is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
Apollo 15 focused mainly on lunar science, and was the first mission to use a lunar rover vehicle. The crew spent four days traveling to the moon, then Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon’s surface. They spent 67 hours exploring and setting up scientific experiments. Worden remained in orbit aboard Endeavour conducting experiments and photographing the moon. Just over 12 days after launch, the crew returned safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
Project Apollo’s main goal was to land astronauts on the moon and return them safely to Earth. Beating the Soviets to the moon in the “space race” of the 1960s was an important part of the Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for prestige and world leadership in science and technology. The U.S. won the moon race when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and returned to Earth in July 1969. Apollo achieved six lunar landings through 1972, and 12 astronauts walked on the moon. Of the 29 astronauts who flew Apollo missions, 14 were Air Force officers or had Air Force experience.
The command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Crew: Three
Weight: 12,831 lbs. at launch
Interior: 210 cubic feet (about the size of a minivan)
NASA invited members of the media to view the Orion spacecraft which will be used for the Artemis 1 Moon mission, which is currently scheduled for 2021.
The spacecraft has successfully completed four months of testing at NASA’s Plum Brook Station near Sandusky, Ohio, and is scheduled to return to Kennedy Space Center for final assembly.
The NASA Glenn Research Center’s Plum Brook Station’s Space Environments Complex (SEC) is home to the largest space simulation vacuum and electromagnetic interference chamber in the world.
The Apollo Command Module from the Skylab 3 mission (which was the second crewed flight to the Skylab space station) located at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum examine the heat shield on the underside of the Apollo 11 command module
Collection Name: MS192 Gerald Massie Photograph Collection. Click here to view the collection on Missouri Digital Heritage.
Photographer/Studio: Whitey Owens
Description: Neil Armstrong speaks to the crowd at the Apollo 11 one-year moon landing anniversary celebration. He holds up the plaque making the astronauts Honorary Missouri Mule Skinners presented to them earlier by Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes. The truck carrying the Command Module is visible behind him.
Coverage: United States – Missouri – Cole County – Jefferson City
Date: 07/20/1970
Rights: permission granted
Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: MS192_044_020.tif
Institution: Missouri State Archives
National Museum of the US Air Force
Command Module Endeavour
Apollo 15 was the fourth successful moon landing mission and the only Apollo mission with an all-U.S. Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin, and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew this spacecraft, named Endeavour, to the moon in July 1971. The command module is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
Apollo 15 focused mainly on lunar science, and was the first mission to use a lunar rover vehicle. The crew spent four days traveling to the moon, then Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon’s surface. They spent 67 hours exploring and setting up scientific experiments. Worden remained in orbit aboard Endeavour conducting experiments and photographing the moon. Just over 12 days after launch, the crew returned safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
Project Apollo’s main goal was to land astronauts on the moon and return them safely to Earth. Beating the Soviets to the moon in the “space race” of the 1960s was an important part of the Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for prestige and world leadership in science and technology. The U.S. won the moon race when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and returned to Earth in July 1969. Apollo achieved six lunar landings through 1972, and 12 astronauts walked on the moon. Of the 29 astronauts who flew Apollo missions, 14 were Air Force officers or had Air Force experience.
The command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Crew: Three
Weight: 12,831 lbs. at launch
Interior: 210 cubic feet (about the size of a minivan)
PictionID:53109969 - Catalog:14_030930 - Title:GD/Astronautics Models Details: Bill Rector with Apollo Model Date: 05/09/1961 - Filename:14_030930.tif - - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Pima Air and Space Museum
NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL
APOLLO COMMAND MODULE (MOCKUP)
The Apollo command module is the NASA spacecraft that flew astronauts from the Earth to the Moon and back.
In 1961, NASA awarded the contract for the command module to then North American Aviation. It was a continuation of the "capsule" spacecraft design used in the Mercury and Gemini Programs. The Apollo command module was larger to accommodate three astronauts and used advanced computers and navigational equipment on the longer lunar flights. For most of the flight, the command module was attached to the service module which contained the propulsion, environmental, electrical, control and fuel systems.
Unlike the previous NASA spacecraft, the Apollo command module was built with a docking assembly and hatch so that it could dock with the lunar module. The lunar module would detach and land on the moon with two astronauts leaving the command module and its pilot in lunar orbit until their return.
Thirty-five command modules were built, with 15 of them being launched on manned space missions. These included eleven Apollo missions, three Skylab missions, and the Apollo Soyuz Test Project. The rest of the modules were used in various Earthbound tests or unmanned test flights.
This command module mockup was built by North American Rockwell for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite during their reporting of the Apollo missions. Made up of surplus command module panels, equipment, couches and other parts, it gave television viewers a visual of the interior of the spacecraft. During the Apollo missions, there was limited live and recorded footage for use by the networks. Mockups, models, graphics and other visual aids were important tools for reporters to help fill in the visual narrative of an Apollo mission.
The mockup was later used in the Ron Howard & Tom Hanks HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. In the miniseries, the mockup was used by Emmett Seaborn, a fictitious news anchor with the fictitious NTC network.
Technical Specifications (Command Module Without Service Module):
Length: 30 ft-10 in
Diameter: 10 ft-7 in
Interior 210 cubic feet
Weight: 12.251 Ibs. (without service module)
Crew: 3
It was in the late 50s that H. Julian Allen and A. J. Eggers, Jr. of the National Advisory Commitee for Aeronautics (The predecessor to NASA) made the astounding discovery that a blunt object like this would enter the atmosphere easier than the "obvious" ultra streamlined shape of current hi-speed jet fighters. Apollo 10 is the realisation of that discovery.
National Museum of the US Air Force
Command Module Endeavour
Apollo 15 was the fourth successful moon landing mission and the only Apollo mission with an all-U.S. Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin, and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew this spacecraft, named Endeavour, to the moon in July 1971. The command module is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
Apollo 15 focused mainly on lunar science, and was the first mission to use a lunar rover vehicle. The crew spent four days traveling to the moon, then Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon’s surface. They spent 67 hours exploring and setting up scientific experiments. Worden remained in orbit aboard Endeavour conducting experiments and photographing the moon. Just over 12 days after launch, the crew returned safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
Project Apollo’s main goal was to land astronauts on the moon and return them safely to Earth. Beating the Soviets to the moon in the “space race” of the 1960s was an important part of the Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for prestige and world leadership in science and technology. The U.S. won the moon race when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and returned to Earth in July 1969. Apollo achieved six lunar landings through 1972, and 12 astronauts walked on the moon. Of the 29 astronauts who flew Apollo missions, 14 were Air Force officers or had Air Force experience.
The command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Crew: Three
Weight: 12,831 lbs. at launch
Interior: 210 cubic feet (about the size of a minivan)
In this capsule, astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan travelled around the Moon in 1969. Their flight was a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 moon landing which followed in July.
Collection Name: MS192 Gerald Massie Photograph Collection. Click here to view the collection on Missouri Digital Heritage.
Photographer/Studio: Whitey Owens
Description: L to R: Neil Armstrong, U.S. Rep. Richard Ichord, Gov. Warren Hearnes, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins in front of the Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia." The astronauts are in town for the first anniversary of their moon landing.
Coverage: United States – Missouri – Cole County – Jefferson City
Date: 07/20/1970
Rights: permission granted
Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: MS192_044_009.tif
Institution: Missouri State Archives
National Museum of the US Air Force
Command Module Endeavour
Apollo 15 was the fourth successful moon landing mission and the only Apollo mission with an all-U.S. Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin, and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew this spacecraft, named Endeavour, to the moon in July 1971. The command module is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
Apollo 15 focused mainly on lunar science, and was the first mission to use a lunar rover vehicle. The crew spent four days traveling to the moon, then Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon’s surface. They spent 67 hours exploring and setting up scientific experiments. Worden remained in orbit aboard Endeavour conducting experiments and photographing the moon. Just over 12 days after launch, the crew returned safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
Project Apollo’s main goal was to land astronauts on the moon and return them safely to Earth. Beating the Soviets to the moon in the “space race” of the 1960s was an important part of the Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for prestige and world leadership in science and technology. The U.S. won the moon race when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and returned to Earth in July 1969. Apollo achieved six lunar landings through 1972, and 12 astronauts walked on the moon. Of the 29 astronauts who flew Apollo missions, 14 were Air Force officers or had Air Force experience.
The command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Crew: Three
Weight: 12,831 lbs. at launch
Interior: 210 cubic feet (about the size of a minivan)
National Museum of the US Air Force
Command Module Endeavour
Apollo 15 was the fourth successful moon landing mission and the only Apollo mission with an all-U.S. Air Force crew. Col. David R. Scott, Lt. Col. James B. Irwin, and Maj. Alfred M. Worden flew this spacecraft, named Endeavour, to the moon in July 1971. The command module is named after the ship that carried Capt. James Cook on his famous 18th century scientific voyage.
Apollo 15 focused mainly on lunar science, and was the first mission to use a lunar rover vehicle. The crew spent four days traveling to the moon, then Scott and Irwin landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon’s surface. They spent 67 hours exploring and setting up scientific experiments. Worden remained in orbit aboard Endeavour conducting experiments and photographing the moon. Just over 12 days after launch, the crew returned safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
Project Apollo’s main goal was to land astronauts on the moon and return them safely to Earth. Beating the Soviets to the moon in the “space race” of the 1960s was an important part of the Cold War competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for prestige and world leadership in science and technology. The U.S. won the moon race when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and returned to Earth in July 1969. Apollo achieved six lunar landings through 1972, and 12 astronauts walked on the moon. Of the 29 astronauts who flew Apollo missions, 14 were Air Force officers or had Air Force experience.
The command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Crew: Three
Weight: 12,831 lbs. at launch
Interior: 210 cubic feet (about the size of a minivan)
The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia is on loan to Space Center Houston, from the Smithsonian Air and Space in Washington, D.C.
The cover of the booklet for another of my old TI99/4A games.
From the '80s, when the graphics promoting the game were better than those in the game.
I liked BurgerTime, though now, I see it's really highly derivative of Pac-Man, with a few twists. It was not an original TI game, but one licensed from some other firm.
During the Apollo program, a number of boilerplate command modules were constructed for use in training scenarios. This specific example, BP1102A, was used for water egress training. Apollo crews, including the crew of Apollo 11, used this to practice exiting the CM. Reproduction or actual components were used to fit the interior to simulate the CMs used in the Apollo program: the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and the 5-person Skylab rescue vehicle.
PictionID:53109778 - Catalog:14_030914 - Title:GD/Astronautics Details: Apollo Mock Up-Overall View of Mission Module Date: 04/24/1961 - Filename:14_030914.tif - - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this remarkable stereo view from lunar orbit. Created from two photographs (AS11-44-6633, AS11-44-6634) taken by astronaut Michael Collins during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, the 3D anaglyph features the lunar module ascent stage, dubbed The Eagle, as it rises to meet the command module in lunar orbit on July 21. Aboard the ascent stage are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first to walk on the Moon. The smooth, dark area on the lunar surface is Mare Smythii located just below the equator on the extreme eastern edge of the Moon's near side. Poised beyond the lunar horizon, is our fair planet Earth.
Collection Name: MS192 Gerald Massie Photograph Collection. Click here to view the collection on Missouri Digital Heritage.
Photographer/Studio: Gerald Massie or Whitey Owens
Description: View of part of the crowd estimated at 18,000 that jammed the Capitol grounds for the Apollo 11 astronaut visit on the one-year anniversary of the first moon landing. The truck carrying the Command Module "Columbia" and a moon rock sample is visible on the right.
Coverage: United States – Missouri – Cole County – Jefferson City
Date: 07/20/1970
Rights: permission granted
Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: MS192_044_006.tif
Institution: Missouri State Archives
The heatshield of the Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia". Taken October 1997, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
Animated GIF of the rendezvous between the Apollo 15 Command Service Module and the Lunar Module (from which the images were taken).
Description of the Apollo-Soyuz Command Module @ California Space Center
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PictionID:53763865 - Catalog:14_032110 - Title:Apollo Program Details: Apollo Semi-Hard Mockup Date: 08/22/1961 - Filename:14_032110.tif - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
PictionID:53763878 - Catalog:14_032111 - Title:Apollo Program Details: Apollo Semi-Hard Mockup with People Date: 08/22/1961 - Filename:14_032111.tif - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The Apollo Command Module from the Skylab 3 mission (which was the second crewed flight to the Skylab space station) located at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fernbank Science Center
Before you is the Command Module of the Apollo 6. If you look under the capsule you will see a series of holes. These holes were drilled to investigate how the heat shield held up after this capsule re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.
The Apollo 6 mission provided a second rehearsal for launching the massive Saturn V rocket. Scientists and engineers were testing the "staging" of a giant rocket to be sure each section would work properly. An important mission objective was to check out all systems before sending astronauts into space. The vehicle carried a full payload, including a mock-up lunar module, and was to test the capsule's heat shield to see if it could withstand re-entry speeds.
Initially, the launch seemed to be fine. But approximately two minutes into the flight, the first stage's five F-1 engines developed serious thrust fluctuations that caused the rocket to bounce like a pogo stick for 30 seconds. These oscillations were so intense that an airborne chase plane's cameras recorded pieces of the adapter stage (housing the lunar module) falling off of the vehicle. Such low-frequency vibrations (known as "pogo effect") exceeded the engineering/safety design criteria of the Apollo 6 Command Module. Had astronauts been onboard the spacecraft, the mission would have been aborted by jettisoning the capsule away from the failing rocket.
Although the oscillations stopped once the first stage was discarded, the vehicles second stage performance was also less than perfect. Two of the stage's five J-2 engines failed, causing the remaining three engines to burn for a longer period of time than planned. As a result, the second stage ran out of fuel before reaching the desired 100 mile circular orbit.
To compensate the Saturn's third stage burned longer and placed the spacecraft into an unplanned 110 by 230 mile elliptical orbit. NASA engineers left Apollo 6 in this "parking orbit for two revolutions around the Earth to assess the situation and perform various system checks. When flight controllers attempted to fire the third stage again, to simulate the flight to the Moon, the J-2 engine failed to restart.
The issues with the Saturn V's three stages altered the mission, and it was decided that after separation from the third stage, the Service Module's engine would burn for seven minutes, pushing the Apollo 6 capsule to an altitude of almost 14,000 miles. At such an altitude, enough re-entry speed could then be acquired to simulate an Apollo spacecraft returning from the Moon. The capsule's heat shield withstood the fireball created by a 22,000 mile per hour plunge into the Earth's atmosphere. Apollo 6 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing its 10 hour perilous space odyssey, and was recovered by the crew of the U.S.S. Okinawa.