Orbiter: Apollo: To the moon
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:18 am
Apollo 11:
Finally finished my flight to the moon, simulating Apollo 11. Here are some screenshots I took. I lost the ones I took in Earth orbit and launch, excuse that.
Re-entry and landing was at night, so the pics are a bit dark. Sorry. The hardest part of the entire flight was re-docking the Lunar Module with the Command and Service Modules, as they needed to be in the same orbit, at the same velocity, and pointed towards each other. I flew a manual re-entry, which was also difficult.
Software used:
* Orbiter 2010 P1
* Orbiter D3D9 Client R15
* Orbiter Sound 4.0
* AMSO 1.21
* Lunar Transfer MFD 1.4
Trans Lunar Injection:
S-IVB, Command and Services Modules leaving Earth Orbit:
Transposition and Docking:
Aligning with Lunar Module:
Captured:
Extracting the Lunar Module:
Free-falling to the Moon:
Command, Service, and Lunar Modules leaving Earth:
Near the Moon:
Lunar Orbit:
Lunar Orbit Injection:
In Lunar Orbit:
Lunar Landing:
Lunar Module separates from Command and Service Modules:
Descending to Periapsis:
The Eagle has Landed:
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind:
Lunar Ascent and Docking:
Ascent Module separates from Descent Stage and Proceeds into Lunar Orbit near Command and Service Modules:
Command and Service Modules dock with Lunar Module:
Lunar Module hard-docked with Command and Service Modules:
Trans Earth Injection:
Lunar Module permanently separates from Command and Service Modules (notice the probe on the end of the Command Module is removed):
Service Module SPS Engine burns for Trans Earth Injection:
Re-entry and Splashdown:
Command and Service Modules separate:
Preparing for Re-entry:
Re-entering Earth's atmosphere:
Drogue Parachutes deploy:
Main Parachutes deploy:
Splashdown:
I may post future flight logs here when I do them.
Kind Regards,
Josh
Finally finished my flight to the moon, simulating Apollo 11. Here are some screenshots I took. I lost the ones I took in Earth orbit and launch, excuse that.
Re-entry and landing was at night, so the pics are a bit dark. Sorry. The hardest part of the entire flight was re-docking the Lunar Module with the Command and Service Modules, as they needed to be in the same orbit, at the same velocity, and pointed towards each other. I flew a manual re-entry, which was also difficult.
Software used:
* Orbiter 2010 P1
* Orbiter D3D9 Client R15
* Orbiter Sound 4.0
* AMSO 1.21
* Lunar Transfer MFD 1.4
Trans Lunar Injection:
S-IVB, Command and Services Modules leaving Earth Orbit:
Transposition and Docking:
Aligning with Lunar Module:
Captured:
Extracting the Lunar Module:
Free-falling to the Moon:
Command, Service, and Lunar Modules leaving Earth:
Near the Moon:
Lunar Orbit:
Lunar Orbit Injection:
In Lunar Orbit:
Lunar Landing:
Lunar Module separates from Command and Service Modules:
Descending to Periapsis:
The Eagle has Landed:
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind:
Lunar Ascent and Docking:
Ascent Module separates from Descent Stage and Proceeds into Lunar Orbit near Command and Service Modules:
Command and Service Modules dock with Lunar Module:
Lunar Module hard-docked with Command and Service Modules:
Trans Earth Injection:
Lunar Module permanently separates from Command and Service Modules (notice the probe on the end of the Command Module is removed):
Service Module SPS Engine burns for Trans Earth Injection:
Re-entry and Splashdown:
Command and Service Modules separate:
Preparing for Re-entry:
Re-entering Earth's atmosphere:
Drogue Parachutes deploy:
Main Parachutes deploy:
Splashdown:
I may post future flight logs here when I do them.
Kind Regards,
Josh
