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Saturday April 11, 7-9pm AEST (5-7am EDT) You'll learn about the events that led to the inflight emergency, Australia's important role in the safe return of Apollo 13, hear from Australia's leading space historian and three 'trackers' who were actively involved! Guest presenters: Colin MacKellar (honeysucklecreek.net), John Saxon and Mike Dinn (Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station), Bruce Window (Parkes Radio Telescope) [list][*]Explosion origins and events up to launch day [*]Early historical context of man and moon, Australian space tracking and communications [*]Honeysuckle, Apollo, MSFN, Preparations for Apollo 13 [*]Australian mission support and role during the Apollo 13 rescue [*]Coping with Lunar Module and Saturn third stage together [*]Apollo 13 Re-entry, ground track and LM "final LOS" [*]Q&A[/list]
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