If it weren’t for a small felt-tipped pen and the quick thinking of the astronauts, the outcome of the Apollo 11 mission could have ended in disaster. Apollo50th
If it weren’t for a small felt-tipped pen and the quick thinking of the astronauts, the outcome of the Apollo 11 mission could have ended in disaster.
As they were climbing back into the Lunar Module in preparation to return home, Aldrin hit the circuit breaker switch with the life support backpack on his suit. The switch activates the spacecraft’s ascent engine to lift them off the moon so they could rendezvous with Michael Collins, who was in the Columbia command module orbiting overhead.
Armstrong and Aldrin did not think the circuit breaker would trip on liftoff, but they wanted to be sure.The astronauts notified Mission Control by radio, but they had already disposed of most of their tools aboard to make the module lighter.
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