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Forum:	Hardware & Flown Items
Topic:	Apollo docking latch diagrams and photographs

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by mikej: [B]I've also uploaded some photos of an [URL=http://heroicrelics.org/ussrc/apollo-docking-latch/index.html]Apollo docking latch[/URL] and the docking latches in the [URL=http://heroicrelics.org/cosmosphere/apollo-13/dsc44856.jpg.html]docking ring[/URL] mounted on [URL=http://heroicrelics.org/cosmosphere/apollo-13/index.html]Apollo 13[/URL] to my web site.[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Apolloman</TD><TD>I want a picture of the Apollo docking latch (front and profile) to understand its operation. Like <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQeOnt8hTg0&feature=player_embedded" TARGET=_blank>this YouTube video</A> (see 31:45). I cannot realize the width of the hook.Thank you in advance.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>dragon001</TD><TD>Does this <a href="http://history.nasa.gov/afj/aoh/aoh-v1-2-13-dock.pdf" target="AirLock">Apollo Operations Handbook</a> help?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>mikej</TD><TD>Pages 21-22 (pp. 29-30 in the PDF) of the <A HREF="http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19720018207" TARGET=_blank>Apollo Experience Report: The Docking System</A> have a number of diagrams and descriptive text regarding the docking latches.The "Docking Subsystem" section of the <A HREF="http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/CSMNewsRef-Boothman.html" TARGET=_blank>Apollo Command Module News Reference</A> also contains a diagram of a single latch and the entire docking ring (on page 92, which is page 6 of the Docking Subsystem PDF).</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>mikej</TD><TD>I've also uploaded some photos of an <A HREF="http://heroicrelics.org/ussrc/apollo-docking-latch/index.html" TARGET=_blank>Apollo docking latch</A> and the docking latches in the <A HREF="http://heroicrelics.org/cosmosphere/apollo-13/dsc44856.jpg.html" TARGET=_blank>docking ring</A> mounted on <A HREF="http://heroicrelics.org/cosmosphere/apollo-13/index.html" TARGET=_blank>Apollo 13</A> to my web site.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Apolloman</TD><TD>Thank Mike, this is exactly what I was looking for But you would not have pictures HR?</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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