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When Scott tried to release the lunar module, he did not hold the button long enough so the lander got hung on the capture latches.
LM in lunar landing configuration. Photographed from CM
McDivitt & Schweickart show Spider’s landing gear to Scott before they pull away
LM ascent stage photographed from the CM
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Steve Bales (Guido) made a new entry to the trajectory and guidance section of the rules book which excluded lunar module computer program alarms 1201 and 1202 from the abort list.
Don Puddy – responsible for comm, power, & life support
Steve Bales – GUIDO (guidance position)
Chuck Deiterich – RETRO
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Crew training for Apollo 11 was already complicated by the need to master the controls of two different and very complex spacecrafts, as well as the space suit, but now the mission took on new dimensions, principally in learning how to set a 14.5-metric-ton lunar module safely down on the moon.
Lunar landing training
Neil & Buzz practice in LM simulator
Armstrong practices in the LM simulator with suit
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NASA officials used only 12 words to list the primary objectives of Apollo 11:
1-Perform a manned lunar landing and return.
2-Perform selenological inspection and sampling.
Nasa Admin during Apollo 11 – Thomas O. Paine
Flight Directors John Hodge and Gene Kranz
Plaque on the Lunar Module descent stage of Apollo 11
Antipode illustration
