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APOLLO 13—OPERATIONS HANDBOOK LUNAR MODULE
Apollo Operations Handbook Lunar Module (LM7, 8, and 9). Volume II Operational Procedures. Bethpage, NY: Grumman Aerospace Corporation, January 14, 1970.

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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APOLLO 13—OPERATIONS HANDBOOK LUNAR MODULE

Apollo Operations Handbook Lunar Module (LM7, 8, and 9). Volume II Operational Procedures. Bethpage, NY: Grumman Aerospace Corporation, January 14, 1970.
8 x 10½ inch manual, 854 pp, punched at spine and bound into turquoise covers with metal prong, "LM 7" in ink to spine, light foxing to fore-edges.

One of the most in-depth manuals to be published for the Lunar Module, with details on all systems, subsystems, and their interface relationships, as well as all normal, back-up, and contingency procedures. The seventh Lunar Module (LM7) flew as Aquarius on the Apollo 13 mission, famously being used as a "lifeboat" when the crew was forced to completely shut down the Command Module (CM) in order to save its batteries for re-entry, following the explosion of one of their oxygen tanks, and the failure of all fuel cells. Had they not been able to use the LM, the accident would in all certainty have been fatal.

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