I just finished reading the book titled Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. It states that at somepoint after going around the moon while Lovell and Swigert where asleep and Haise was on watch that one of Aquarius's Batterys (D?) blew and that it was similar to the bang that was heard during Oxygen tank 2's explosion. Ive tried to search the internet for this event but have come across nothing. Can someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks.

The craft was simply called “Apollo.”

If you could give it an appropriate name for the historic nature of the mission, what would it be?

Are there audio archival recordings from any of the Mercury and Gemini missions?

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Let us talk good retro scifi fiction during Apollo era. A great jewel that it is worth take a look at.

The videogame Battlezone 98 redux tells us that 20th century space race was a cover and the real war was on the moon. The game starts with a mission in the base near Apollo 11 landing site. Great scifi story. The premise is that there was a mysterious material called biometal and USSR and USA wanted control over that resource, and we were lied to about the true purpose of space race. And there was a special reason why cold war ended.

The game is action packed FPS (first person shooter) with RTS (real time strategy) with a great story. You pilot a hover tank on the moon. And the landscapes on the moon are awesome and mesmerizing.

I do not know if this post is appropriate for Apollo fans. But just the sight of the moon and Apollo 11 LM makes it worthy for me to post about it here. I wish there were more games that paid tribute to Apollo era.

Moderators: Tell me if I should delete this post or if it fits.

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Hello everyone, I just got done reading Failure is not an option by Gene Kranz and he recommended 4 books- This New Ocean, On The Shoulders of Titans: A history of Project Gemini, Chariots for Apollo: A history of Manned Lunar Spacecraft, Stages To Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles Has anyone read those books, are they more technical? How would you rate them?

Hi everyone! I’m painting a model of a Saturn V including the Apollo Command Module. The manual is very incorrect in terms of colours so I’m basing it all off of the real deal, but anywhere I look I can’t find any credible images or description of what the command module’s heat shield looked like PRIOR TO reentry, all the images I’ve seen are post reentry when it’s burnt to a crisp.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks :)

My grandma recently gave me a bag of old coins and in that bag was one of these there isn’t really any information on it from what I can find it’s not a coin it’s kinda like a medallion super thin metal no print on the back just blank the only information I can find is some people in an old form talking about how there isn’t any information on it and that it might be a watch face…any information might help just curious

I wrote an article recently about this fantastic year where I got to work on so many once-in-a-lifetime projects all at once.

I thought the Apollo community might enjoy it .

https://benfeist.com/posts/airt-apollo11/

The Apollo moon landings are packed with iconic moments and incredible history. What’s your favorite photo, video, or story from that era? Something that’s especially compelling or full of great info? Would love to hear your favorites

Pretty specific subject but it might interest someone. I'm basically detailing the three (to my knowledge) sets of scans, especially the most recent one which as it turns out, contains many scanning artifacts.

Link : https://apollo15eva.substack.com/p/comparing-jsc-and-asu-scans-of-apollo

I am not affiliated with the sale. I wanted to put this out here in /r/apollo as opposed to other space subs as there is some real dedication for the program here.

This print is from the 80s - I attended a signing/show when I was a kid and this print was being sold by Commander Bean (AS 12 astronaut) himself.

Location is Middelburg Heights, just south of the airport.

https://www.estatesales.net/OH/Cleveland/44130/4336074

Print: https://www.estatesales.net/OH/Cleveland/44130/4336074?picture=184099341

If I wasn't 300+miles away I would be going to try and get it but I cant make it.

This watch came across my feed today.

It's kinda neat but being a bit of an analog watch fiend, this would never land on my wrist. I think at my age, I'd need my reading glasses every time I wanted to look at the time anyway. Plus, the technology offerings appear well above my pay grade and it also doesn't have "SCE to AUX" as the reset button (I know that wasn't part of the navigational system, but…)! Ultimately, if I want an Apollo watch, personally I'd want an Omega Speedster. YMMV

I have no financial stake in this and I present it here only for the interest of the group.

https://apollo-instruments.com

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“Houston be advised, there is a Santa Claus.” CMP: Jim Lovell

“Apollo 8 Coming Home” by Robert McCall

Presented by Kevin Fong again, it's all about the history of the Space Shuttle programme.

I think they had to go independent from the BBC, given it was initially announced as an official 3rd season? Hence the quote marks in the post title!

But the approach of using archive audio, new interviews, great soundtrack and Kevin's narration works as well as ever!