Docking Probe - Revision history

imported>Mark Grant: /* External Links */ - experience report

2006-11-29T02:45:33Z

External Links: - experience report

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	==External Links==		==External Links==

			* [http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720018207_1972018207.pdf Apollo experience report: The docking system]
	* [http://history.nasa.gov/afj/aoh/aoh-v1-2-13-dock.pdf Apollo Operations Handbook: Docking and Transfer]		* [http://history.nasa.gov/afj/aoh/aoh-v1-2-13-dock.pdf Apollo Operations Handbook: Docking and Transfer]

imported>Mark Grant: Info on gas retraction.

2006-11-18T20:03:33Z

Info on gas retraction.

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	The Docking Probe is used to attach the [[Command Module]] to the [[Lunar Module]] or other spacecraft.		The Docking Probe is used to attach the [[Command Module]] to the [[Lunar Module]] or other spacecraft.

			==Operation==

			The probe first plugs into the attachment on the other spacecraft, then gas pressure is used to retract the probe into the CM, pulling the two spacecraft together into a 'hard dock' where the spacecraft will latch together with an air-tight seal and electrical connection.

			A standard Apollo mission will have two dockings, one when the LM is extracted from the SIVB, the other when the LM Ascent Stage returns to lunar orbit. However, to maintain the redundancy standard of the Apollo flights, four gas charges are provided, allowing for a successful mission despite two failures.

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imported>Mark Grant: Added basic images from forum.

2006-11-17T16:18:53Z

Added basic images from forum.

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	The Docking Probe is used to attach the [[Command Module]] to the [[Lunar Module]] or other spacecraft.		The Docking Probe is used to attach the [[Command Module]] to the [[Lunar Module]] or other spacecraft.

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			==Switches==

			[[Image:AOH-DockingProbeSwitches.jpg\|center\|thumb\|600px\|Docking Probe switches]]

			==Checklists==

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			[[Image:Postorbit dockingprobeextend.gif\|right]]

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	==External Links==		==External Links==

imported>Mark Grant: Cat

2006-11-16T21:26:54Z

Cat

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imported>Mark Grant: Basic stub.

2006-11-16T20:30:38Z

Basic stub.

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[[Image:DockingProbeDetails.png|thumb|right|Docking Probe details]]

The Docking Probe is used to attach the [[Command Module]] to the [[Lunar Module]] or other spacecraft.

==External Links==

* [http://history.nasa.gov/afj/aoh/aoh-v1-2-13-dock.pdf Apollo Operations Handbook: Docking and Transfer]

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