Space Rocket History #197 – Apollo 10 – Ascent Stage Rendezvous, Docking & Jettisoning
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English - September 29, 2021 20:20 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsScience History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Space Rocket History #196 – Apollo 10 – Lunar Module Out of Control
As the lunar module approached, Young saw it through his sextant at a distance of 259 kilometers. Stafford and Cernan got a radar lock on the command module shortly after the insertion burn and watched with interest as the instrument measured the dwindling gap between the vehicles and demonstrated the theories of orbital mechanics in actual practice. Cernan especially liked the steady communications that kept both crews aware of what was happening.