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Topic: Staying in the spacecraft after splashdown
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Member Posts: 934
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 07-09-2013 07:19 PM
   
At least one of the pictures on the Ohio State University website was taken by National Geographic photographer Dean Conger, who was on "loan" to NASA. It is the one where Glenn is resting as he talks into a tape recorder with his feet up on a "hedge-hog" depth charge launcher as several USS Noa sailors watch. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3448
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-11-2016 09:16 AM
ASTP trivia: the USS New Orleans was the primary recovery ship. It delivered the ASTP crew and the command module to Pearl Harbor on July 25. But it was the USS Okinawa (the primary recovery ship for Apollo 15) that delivered the ASTP command module from Pearl Harbor to San Diego, arriving on August 20.
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Explorer1
Member Posts: 233
From: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Registered: Apr 2019
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posted 12-15-2019 12:58 AM
When Scott Carpenter landed off course, he knew that there would be a delay in his retrieval from recovery forces. For this reason, he had to egress from the Mercury capsule through the neck of the spacecraft. The neck was quite narrow but was wide enough to fit a man in a depressurized pressure suit. But was it wide enough to fit Carpenter and his survival pack? Or did Carpenter have to have the survival pack trail below him? Carpenter needed to egress through the bulkhead opening first before his survival pack could in part because he needed his hands free to open the bulkhead hatch, and second, to survey his landing site. Procedurally, did Carpenter inflate his lift raft before jumping into the water or after jumping into the water? And didn't think soak his survival pack? Also, when Carpenter splashed down he was in radio contact with Mission Control or landing forces. Did he himself have any idea how off course he was or did this need to be radioed to him after splashdown? Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 44380
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-15-2019 02:24 AM
Some of your questions are answered earlier in this thread, e.g. quote:
Originally posted by moorouge:
A minute before Carpenter hit the water he was able to acknowledge a message from Mercury Control that he was some 200 miles long and that recovery would take about an hour. ...Carpenter squeezed his way through the narrow eighteen inch gap in the neck of the capsule releasing the life-raft as he went. This inflated in the water upside down, so it had to be righted before Carpenter could make himself comfortable for his long wait for recovery.
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Explorer1
Member Posts: 233
From: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Registered: Apr 2019
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posted 04-12-2020 10:38 AM
On his Faith 7 flight, Gordon Cooper remained in the capsule at splashdown and waited until the capsule was hauled aboard the aircraft carrier before blowing the hatch and exiting the spacecraft. How long was the wait from the time of splashdown to the time when he could exit the spacecraft?Also, was it his choice to remain in the capsule or was he advised to? Editor's note: Threads merged. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 411
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-12-2020 02:31 PM
According to Colin Burgess' "Faith 7," splashdown occurred at 12:26, and the hatch was blown at 1:06. The medical team attached extension cables between Cooper's boisensor plug and blood pressure fitting and the spacecraft's onboard recorder before he egressed, to record his vital signs. The medical team continued to gather data as Cooper exited and stood up. |
MOL
Member Posts: 112
From: Los Angeles, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 08-01-2020 12:56 PM
Just continuing this thread, we will now be adding Demo-2 crew members Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to this list since they will stay inside the SpaceX Dragon until it is hoisted aboard the recovery ship. |
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