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Topic: Photo of the week 303 (August 21, 2010)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-21-2010 03:09 AM
   
 Engineers Joel Rosenweig, Neil Anderson and Donald Garrett (left to right) receive official certificates as they leave Chamber A of the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (SESL) at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston on August 9, 1966. They completed the eight-day shakedown vacuum chamber test of CSM-008, the Block I Apollo command and service modules. Second from left is Joseph Gagliano, who was a member of the backup crew. Gagliano would repeat the test in late October together with astronauts Ed Givens and Joe Kerwin. Ed Hengeveld |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 08-21-2010 04:41 PM
There is an interview with Neil Anderson where he talks about the CSM-008 chamber test. You can find it here. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 729
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 08-23-2010 02:49 PM
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Originally posted by Henk Boshuijer:
There is an interview with Neil Anderson where he talks about the CSM-008 chamber test.
That is an interesting article. If I recall correctly Neil Anderson has since passed away. Sure would like to have known his retrospective thoughts on the Block 1 CSM-008 test immediately after the Apollo 1 fire. Was 008 filled with 100 percent oxygen at 16.7psi for these tests? |
E2M Lem Man
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From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 08-24-2010 05:30 PM
This test occurred on the heals of the North American Aviation altitude chamber test. These were BEFORE The Apollo 1 fire.The NAA test was held in Downey early in 1966 and when it was completed the Apollo 1 crew was there to hear of it firsthand, along with Frank Borman. That test lasted, I believe - 8 days. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 729
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 08-25-2010 12:32 AM
I understood that the 008 testing occurred prior to the Apollo 1 fire. I just wondered what went through the crew's mind when they learned of the fire. Did they think, "That could have happened to us" or was the test conducted at 100 percent oxygen and 16.7psi? My guess is that it was since the test as I recall was in support of Apollo 1. If that is true I presume CM 008 was pressurized with pure oxygen. |
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