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FLOWN APOLLO 11 CHECKLIST SHEET FOR A LUNAR SURFACE ABORT LIST THE STEPS FOR AN EMERGENCY LIFT-OFF OF EAGLE FROM THE MOON
FLOWN Apollo 11 LM Lunar Surface Checklist, page SUR-65/SUR-66,
FLOWN Apollo 11 LM Lunar Surface Checklist, page SUR-65/SUR-66,
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FLOWN APOLLO 11 CHECKLIST SHEET FOR A LUNAR SURFACE ABORT
LIST THE STEPS FOR AN EMERGENCY LIFT-OFF OF EAGLE FROM THE MOON
FLOWN Apollo 11 LM Lunar Surface Checklist, page SUR-65/SUR-66, a single sheet printed recto and verso. Full sheet red tinting to assist quick location with tabs reading "EMERGENCY LIFT-OFF." NASA/MSC, June 16, 1969, changed July 3 and 8, 1969. 5½ x 8 inches. With a Typed Letter Signed by BUZZ ALDRIN.
The Lunar Surface Checklist had several contingency sections including these emergency lift-off instructions.
BUZZ ALDRIN'S signed provenance letter provides extensive details and reads in part: "...this sheet was carried to the surface of the Moon in Lunar Module Eagle during the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969. This sheet lists procedures for one of the most difficult emergency conditions that could occur on the Moon – EMERGENCY LIFT-OFF.
If conditions arose where Neil Armstrong and I had to make an immediate lift-off from the Moon, we would have referred to this sheet. SUR-65 advises if time permitted, that we don our space suit helmets and gloves. We would then configure our ascent batteries, set various water and oxygen values, then close all circuit breakers except for the ones listed. Next we would run a P27 which was a computer program to revise our lunar lift-off time and then activate our AGS or Abort Guidance Section of our navigation system. The final steps were to align our PGNS or Primary Guidance and Navigation Section with the landing site coordinates, current mission time, and our Reference Stable Member Matrix (REFSMMAT) and Gravity values.
Side SUR-66 lists additional steps required for an emergency lift-off such as computer inputs or our Inertial portionof the Coupling Data Unit (ICDU) angles. Then we would initialize our AGS with a series of computer verb commands and noun values. Needless to say, these were all very a complicated series of steps Neil and I would have performed in order to safely leave the lunar surface. Fortunately, we did not have to implement these procedures. Events after our lunar landing were all successful, including an over 2 hour lunar surface exploration period during July 20 and 21, 1969...
This sheet has been in my private collection since 1969. I have written on side SUR-65: Carried in Eagle to the Lunar Surface and signed it along the right side. I have also written on SUR-66: Carried in Eagle to the Lunar Surface on Apollo XI and signed it along the right side."
FLOWN Apollo 11 LM Lunar Surface Checklist, page SUR-65/SUR-66, a single sheet printed recto and verso. Full sheet red tinting to assist quick location with tabs reading "EMERGENCY LIFT-OFF." NASA/MSC, June 16, 1969, changed July 3 and 8, 1969. 5½ x 8 inches. With a Typed Letter Signed by BUZZ ALDRIN.
The Lunar Surface Checklist had several contingency sections including these emergency lift-off instructions.
BUZZ ALDRIN'S signed provenance letter provides extensive details and reads in part: "...this sheet was carried to the surface of the Moon in Lunar Module Eagle during the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969. This sheet lists procedures for one of the most difficult emergency conditions that could occur on the Moon – EMERGENCY LIFT-OFF.
If conditions arose where Neil Armstrong and I had to make an immediate lift-off from the Moon, we would have referred to this sheet. SUR-65 advises if time permitted, that we don our space suit helmets and gloves. We would then configure our ascent batteries, set various water and oxygen values, then close all circuit breakers except for the ones listed. Next we would run a P27 which was a computer program to revise our lunar lift-off time and then activate our AGS or Abort Guidance Section of our navigation system. The final steps were to align our PGNS or Primary Guidance and Navigation Section with the landing site coordinates, current mission time, and our Reference Stable Member Matrix (REFSMMAT) and Gravity values.
Side SUR-66 lists additional steps required for an emergency lift-off such as computer inputs or our Inertial portionof the Coupling Data Unit (ICDU) angles. Then we would initialize our AGS with a series of computer verb commands and noun values. Needless to say, these were all very a complicated series of steps Neil and I would have performed in order to safely leave the lunar surface. Fortunately, we did not have to implement these procedures. Events after our lunar landing were all successful, including an over 2 hour lunar surface exploration period during July 20 and 21, 1969...
This sheet has been in my private collection since 1969. I have written on side SUR-65: Carried in Eagle to the Lunar Surface and signed it along the right side. I have also written on SUR-66: Carried in Eagle to the Lunar Surface on Apollo XI and signed it along the right side."