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heng44
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posted 05-03-2019 01:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Half a century ago this week, the Apollo 10 spacecraft (CSM-106/LM-4) was at Launch Pad 39B during the Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch was scheduled for May 18.

Tom
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posted 05-03-2019 05:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Awesome vehicle!

Jonnyed
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posted 05-03-2019 06:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jonnyed   Click Here to Email Jonnyed     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What a beauty! By the way is that a beagle sleeping on a doghouse near the top of the stack?

Ian Limbrey
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posted 05-04-2019 02:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ian Limbrey   Click Here to Email Ian Limbrey     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Fantastic photo of an awesome vehicle. My one regret in life was never being there to watch a launch of a Saturn V.

Marc05A
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posted 05-04-2019 07:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Marc05A   Click Here to Email Marc05A     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I assume that this subject has already been covered elsewhere, but why was pad 39B only used once during Apollo ?

Same question for MOCR-1 at MCC. All flights except Apollo 7 were controlled from MOCR-2...

Tom
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posted 05-04-2019 10:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The only time Pad "B" was needed during Apollo was when the frequency of launch was 2 months apart. All other Apollo flights were several months apart...more than enough time to turn Pad "A" around.

LM-12
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posted 05-04-2019 11:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I seem to recall that if Apollo 11 had failed, the plan was to launch Apollo 12 in September from Pad 39B.

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