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Topic: Apollo TV flight controller console
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apollo16uvc
Member Posts: 148
From: Next to LEM, Descartes Highlands, Moon
Registered: Jan 2017
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posted 04-18-2020 11:29 AM
   
Which person was responsible for controlling the camera from Apollo 15 to 17.And which console had the necessary controls for the job? Does anybody have photos of this console? |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1495
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 04-18-2020 12:02 PM
INCO (Instrumentation and Communications Officer). |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3168
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-18-2020 06:05 PM
There is at least one photograph (from Apollo 15) showing Ed Fendell at the console controlling the movement of the rover-mounted TV camera. There is a TV monitor to his left showing the live picture. I don't have a serial number for the picture but it should be easily traceable.(NB: Simply google "Ed Fendell" and you find the photograph, and others.) |
Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 228
From: Lake Orion, Michigan
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 04-20-2020 06:30 AM
Fendell did an amazing job under the circumstances. He had a 1.3 second delay on the downlink and another 1.3 second delay for his push button reactions to reach the rover. He deserved the Emmy Award he received for his efforts. |
oly
Member Posts: 987
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 04-20-2020 09:25 AM
I seem to remember a documentary that spent some time covering the topic of the Apollo 17 lunar liftoff film. It may be the "Last Man on The Moon" documentary. I don't have available time to watch it now to confirm, somebody here may be able to remember. |
Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 228
From: Lake Orion, Michigan
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 04-20-2020 09:36 AM
Ed Fendell monitoring Apollo 15. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 38
From:
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 04-20-2020 01:40 PM
Two INCO "Captain Videos": Ed Fendell and Gran Pennington in Building 30 during Apollo 15. Another shot of Fendell:  |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3168
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-20-2020 03:17 PM
For the record, the bottom of the three pictures is the one to which I was referring. It appears in my Apollo 15 scrapbook (compiled long before Apollo 16). |
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