APOLLO 12 DEBRIEFING

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CONTENTS
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1.0 SUITINGA ND INGRESS . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . 1-1
2.0 STATUSC HECKSAN D COUNTDOWN. 2-1
3.0 POWERED FLIGHT . . . . . 3-.1 . .
40. EARTH ORBITA ND SYSTEMS CHECKOUT 4-1
5.0 TLI THROUGHS -IVBC LOSEOUT 5-l
60. TRANSLUNARC OAST 6-1
7.0 LOIT HROUGH LUNAR MOADCTUILVETA ION 7-1
80. LUNARM ODULEC HECKOUT THROUGHS EPARATION 8-1
81. Command Module . ., . 8-1
82. LunarM odule. . 8-6
90. DOI THROUGHT OUCHDOWN. 9-1
9.1C ommand Module 9-1
92. LunarM odule 9-3
10.0 LUNARS URFACE. . 10-1
11.0 CSM CIRCMULUNARO PERATIONS 11-1
12.0 LIFTOFFR,E NDEZVOUSA,ND DOCKING 12-1
13.0 LUNARM ODULEJ ETTISONT HROUGH TEI . . . . . 1.3 -1. . .
14.0 TRANSEARTHC OAST . . 1.4 1- .
15.0 ENTRY 15-1
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16.0 LANDINGAN D RECOVERY 161-
17.0 GEOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTS . . . . .. . .1 7-1
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18.0 COMMAND MODULE SYSTEMS OPERATIONS 18-1
19.0 LUNAR MODULE SYSTEMS OPERATIONS . 19-1
20.0 MISCELLANEOUSSY STEMS, FLIGHTE QUIPMENT,A ND GFE 20-1
21.0 VISUALS IGHTINGS. 21-1
22.0 PREMISSIONP LANNING 22-1
23.0 MISSIONC ONTROL. 23-1
24.0 TRAINING • . . 24-1
25.0 MEDICAL AND FOOD 251-
26.0 MISCELLANEOU.S . 26-1
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SECRUITYC LASSIFIACTION
Them aetrila containehde erinh as bteraenn­
srcibeidtn oa workign papeirn o rdetro f acii­l
tater evibeywi ntereds MtSeCe lmeenst.T hsi
docmuetn, poorr itons trheoef,m ayb ed eclas­
siifeds ubjectt ot he fonlglg ouwdiielines:
Portinoso ft hsi documenwit lble c lassi­
fide CONFIDEN,TG IrAoLu4p, t ot hee xetnt that
they: (1)d efei qnuainttaitvep erformaen c
characrtiestiocfts h eA pollSop aeccrfat,
(2) detacirli tli pceafrornmcae charactesrtiics
ofA pollcorw e systemasn de uqipment,( 3)p ro­
vidteec hincla detailosfs iginfinctal auhn c
vehcilema lnfcutioinnsa ctuafll gihto rr eveal
actaull auntcrha ejcotry tdaa,( )4 revela medi­
cal daat onf lgihtc rwe mebmerwsh cih nc bae
conseirdepdri viledgaetda, o r( 5r)ev ela other
dataw hich can bei ndivuiadlldye etrmniedt o
reuqircel asisfitciano undetrhe authioytr of
theA pollPor ogmr SaecruityC lassiicaftion
Guid,e SCG1-1,R e.v 1,1 /16/6.
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1.0S UITIANNGDI NGRESS
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Coudnotwtn oL ift-Off
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extrmeelqyu eitu pt he.r eTheo nlnyo etwortchonydi tin owas
disucssetdh ep revioeuvse niwnight GeorPgaeg ei nt hec ontrol
romo. Weh ad disucssde theh evayr aiann dt hef atc thye were
gointgor olbla ctkh eW hite Roo.m I wacsoc nerneadb out
waetra ndh er estaesdsr ued tt thhaeB PCw asw aterprooafn d
that wiatsp erfeyc stafle. Myo thecro necrnw ast hta the
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SM RCS
waetr. Evreyobdy concludetdh ta thiwsa s pnrobo lme. During
thec ountwdnow itthh ew inbdl woinugp t he,r ietw aso bviuos
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3.1S -IICGN ITNI O.
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mest.W eh adn oe apriecoerse artusb aess omep reviocurse ws
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wheryeo uc an expechti hg noisel eve,lw sed id'ntf inidt
paritcularlyn ois.y Thef lgihtw asex tremelny omralf ort he
firs3t6 s econdsa nda fetrt hta itg ot veyr intesrteign.
3.2L IFT-OFF
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nod oubitn a nyobd'ysm idn thalt itf-ofhfa do ccurerd.T he
cuewse rteh er, eandy ouk newwh enl itf-off hado ccurred
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