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Topic: Astronauts and onboard pre-launch naps

YankeeClipper
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From: Dublin, Ireland
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posted 07-11-2018 12:05 AM

A little research has revealed at least four astronauts who dozed off while onboard rockets prior to launch on their respective missions, viz...

Dec 1958: Army-Navy Bio-Flight No. 1 Old Reliable (Gordo)
May 1963: Mercury-Atlas 9 PLT Gordon Cooper (Gordo)
Dec 1968: Apollo 8 LMP Bill Anders
Dec 1972: Apollo 17 CMP Ron Evans

Here is how Bill Anders described it to the BBC:

Sitting on top of the Saturn V, which was a mini nuclear bomb itself, caught your attention, but eventually I fell asleep briefly.

Does anyone know of any other Apollo-era astronaut(s) who had a nap at the top of their fueled launch stack?

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