Latest / Space Exploration Stories
A pressure-suit leak delayed jettison and cost them an orbit's worth of margin
A pressure-suit leak forces a delayed Lunar Module jettison over the Moon, shaving their reentry margin as three men head for the Pacific.
A pressure-suit leak delayed jettison and cost them an orbit's worth of margin
In this episode, we follow Apollo 15’s return from the Moon and the cascade of technical and human problems that accumulated before reentry. The episode traces how a new suit rule, a depressurization failure, mission delays, and physiological strain narrowed the margin for a safe splashdown - did the systems hold when it mattered?
Mission: Apollo 15
Date: July 26-August 7, 1971…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.