What is the backstory of this silly picture of the Apollo 1 crew? The photograph below shows the first Apollo crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee wearing silly hats and acting less seriously than typical NASA publicity photos All three were later k
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Was NASA concerned about Pulmonary Edema during the Apollo missions? Following Apollo 1, a 100% Oxygen concentration was no longer used during pre-launch However, the cabin atmosphere was conditioned to 100% Oxygen at 5 psi sometime afterwards I know you are aware of this; I mention it for completeness only
What was the transmitting power of the Apollo astronauts PLSS VHF . . . 7 This is a bit of a breadcrumb trail, but page 2-99 of NASA MSC-01372-1 "Apollo Operations Handbook Extra Vehicular Mobility Unit" (March 1971) discusses the power used for Apollo 15-17: The dual mode is the normal operating position of the switch
nasa - Were any of the Apollo astronauts smokers and did that cause any . . . Apollo 1 blew up because of a small spark in a pure oxygen environment Even though NASA changed the air in the Apollo spacecraft, there was still risk Were any of the Apollo astronauts smokers and if so, were there any incidents where they were craving a cigarette, but couldn’t get one?
Why is the breathing atmosphere of the ISS a standard atmosphere (at 1 . . . The Apollo 1 fire made NASA modify how that pure oxygen atmosphere was achieved, but did not alter the fact that the breathing atmosphere became pure oxygen shortly after launch Skylab's breathing atmosphere was 75% oxygen, 25% nitrogen Astronauts survived for 84 days breathing this "unhealthy" mix