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Apollo 13 Engineers to be Honored

Posted by samzenpus on from the duct-tape-to-the-rescue dept.

sconeu writes "Yahoo! News is carrying a story that the engineers who helped save the crew of Apollo 13 will be honored by GlobalSpec. The article mentions the jury rigged air scrubbers, and gives duct tape its due." Here is our coverage of the 35th anniversary.

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  1. Re:Houston We('ve) ha(d/ve) a problem? by peshewa · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the actual air-to-ground transcript:

    02 07 53 12 CMP Okay. Stand by.
    02 07 55 19 LMP Okay, Houston - -
    02 07 55 20 CDR I believe we've had a problem here.
    02 07 55 28 CC This is Houston. Say again, please.
    02 07 55 35 CDR Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a MAIN B BUS UNDERVOLT.
    02 07 55 42 CC Roger. MAIN B UNDERVOLT.