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Forum:	Space History Photo of the Week
Topic:	Photo of the week 525 (November 15, 2014)

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>heng44</TD><TD><center><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/heng44/media/Photo%20of%20the%20Week/19691118_S69-59104_zpsae05ed68.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/heng44/Photo%20of%20the%20Week/19691118_S69-59104_zpsae05ed68.jpg" border="0" width="480"/></a></center>Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell (right) and Fred Haise (center) sit with CapCom Al Worden in Mission Control during the Apollo 12 mission in November 1969.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>MCroft04</TD><TD>Perfect timing Ed. At the ASF show I sat at Fred's table for lunch and Al's for dinner. Great conversation!</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>mach3valkyrie</TD><TD>I didn't know Al Worden was a capcom on this mission. Backup CMP, yes. There were three other capcoms that I did know about: Jerry Carr, Ed Gibson and Paul Weitz.Carr on launch and lunar landing; Ed Gibson for lunar EVA's (as usual for mission scientist); Weitz at various points during the mission. Say 45 years ago now.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>heng44</TD><TD>You may have a point there. This is not the CapCom console, is it?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Headshot</TD><TD>Were Al Worden's sideburns always that long?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>heng44</TD><TD>I asked Al about his duties during Apollo 12. He replied: "As I recall there were two CapComs on consoles back then. One for the surface work and one for the CMP in orbit. I was Dick's principal CapCom during Apollo 12. I don't remember all the details, but that is what I remember."</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Sy Liebergot</TD><TD>They are sitting a the Booster console.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>heng44</TD><TD>I assume that was no longer needed after launch, so it could be used for the second CapCom?</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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