Buzz Aldrin: American Icon
Buzz Aldrin: American Icon
Property from the Buzz Aldrin Family Trust
[Apollo 11]
Entry Operations section of Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Flight Crew Abbreviated Checklist, used by him during training
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July 26, 06:15 PM GMT
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[APOLLO 11]
Entry Operations section of the Apollo 11 Flight Crew Abbreviated Checklist. [Houston, Texas: NASA, Manned Spacecraft Center, Spacecraft Systems Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, April 15, 1969.]
8 by 6 inches. 42 pp. on 24 leaves, 7 subsections on 8 tabs. Original printed yellow card stock section cover, back cover of Flight Crew Abbreviated Checklist, punched and bound at spine with two original metal rings. WITH A PENCIL NOTATION IN ALDRIN'S HAND TO PAGE 6.
FRONT SECTION COVER SIGNED "ALDRIN" IN BLACK FELT TIP PEN
Directly from the Personal Collection of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin
BUZZ ALDRIN'S APOLLO 11 ENTRY OPERATIONS MANUAL —USED BY HIM DURING TRAINING FOR APOLLO 11
This checklist would have been used to go through all the processes of re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The crew would have traveled at approximately 25,000 miles per hour into an entry corridor that was two degrees wide. This checklist gives the crew instructions on how to prepare the Command Module and themselves for re-entry and splashdown, on topics such as re-entry instrument setup and equipment stowage. It also provides contingency procedures for Service Module separation and contingency re-entry procedures had the mission failed to leave Earth's orbit.
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