Apollo EVA count (with equipment jettison)

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LM-12 Member Posts: 3444 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 07-22-2020 08:53 AM From what I have seen, there was only one LM equipment jettison planned for the Apollo 13 mission. That would have been after EVA-2.
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3202 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002	posted 07-23-2020 07:06 AM quote: Originally posted by LM-12: I like the Russian EVA definition: suited up in a vacuum. The Soyuz 11 crew all died because they were not wearing suits when their capsule lost its air. If they had been wearing suits* it would be ridiculous to suggest that the loss of air created an EVA scenario, yet that is the logical consequence of the Russian definition, as quoted. * I acknowledge that the Soyuz 11 capsule was too cramped to carry three suited cosmonauts, but that does not negate the point.
oly Member Posts: 1076 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2015	posted 07-23-2020 11:07 PM It appears the count has been adjusted. The definition of an EVA with a crew member exposed to vacuum evolved throughout the years and definitions changed somewhat regarding the semantics of what constituted an EVA for history.

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