' ^ ' ' - ' • • • • ne3l, 1971 HE BATTALION Wednesday, June 30, 1971 College Ctation, Texas Page 5 LSE \pollo 15 will allow viewers to ‘explore’ with spacemen Television audiences will ex- ilore the Moon along with the Ipollo 15 astronauts, thanks to new portable color TV camera md a complex communications lookup between the Earth and he Moon. The setup will permit viewers ;o witness, for the first time, the ilastoff of the lunar module from the Moon to join the command nodule for the return flight to Earth Aug. 2, after a stay of almost 67 hours. For another first, the arrange ment will allow the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration ground controllers to ma nipulate the camera by remote control from the Mission Control Center back in Houston. The communications links, in volving numerous channels on several wavelengths, will hook together two individual astro nauts, a roving vehicle on the Moon, the lunar module station ary at its landing point, the com mand service module and three major Earth stations of NASA’s Manned Space Flight Network. At the same time the network will be working a scientific sub satellite flying above the Moon. In addition to TV and voice, the hookups must provide circuits for command of television and other electronics, biomedical data and life support systems, giving continuous coverage for many hours during lunar surface oper ations. The network will also provide normal tracking and data collection functions of all ve hicles. The chief advantage of this system is to free Apollo 15 Com mander David R. Scott and Lu nar Module Pilot James B. Irwin for extensive operations and sci entific work as they explore the Moon’s Hadley-Apennine region. NASA engineers say they expect clearer, sharper TV pictures than on previous Apollo flights. While the astronauts are trav- Beverly Braley Tours, Travel 'FDR ALL AIRLINE TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS MSC University Campus 846-3773 Downtown 312 E. 25th. 823-0961 TMA summer cruise ‘going well 5> Texas Maritime Academy offi cials report the summer cruise of the “Texas Clipper” is marked by good weather and high mo rale. Coast Guard Adm. James D. Craik (ret.), TMA superintendent, has contacted the ship twice this week via ham radio. He said Thursday the 15,000- ton vessel is sailing along at 16 knots, is approximately one-third of the way across the Atlantic and on schedule for its docking yesterday at Rotterdam, first of four European ports on this year’s itinerary. While weather is ideal, Craik said the ship encountered a small storm on its first night at sea after leaving Mayport, Fla., where the students received fire fighting instruction. The ship is carrying 70 TMA cadets and 89 spring high school graduates enrolled in Texas A&M’s “Summer School at Sea.” Capt. Alfred Philbrick, TMA executive officer and the Clip per’s commanding officer, had high praise for the “Summer School at Sea” participants. “This is one of the finest groups of ‘prep cadets’ we’ve ever had,” Philbrick told the admiral via radio. He said the students are doing well in their studies and moral is high. The regular TMA cadets are operating the ship under the su pervision of the academy’s li censed officers. Other ports of call include Co penhagen, Denmark; Cork, Ire land; Cadiz, Spain; Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Is lands. The 13,602-mile cruise origi nated in Galveston June 7 and terminates there Aug. 15. 8 4 WHOLE FRYERS qspA irtspeefep l&lpeg i MEATY OIWRVERS ISPUT BROILERS I BREAST « 354 q 354 KT LESS 45. 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Positioned sev eral hundred feet away from the lunar module, it will be com manded on to cover the liftoff. The camera will operate on the rover’s remaining battery power. After lunar liftoff, the rover TV camera will continue to be operated, with the remaining power supply. Plans call for at least one daily use of the camera for the first week after the as tronauts’ departure. One event to be viewed is an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, on the morning of Aug. 6, just prior to astronaut splashdown in the Pacific. On previous Apollo missions, the lunar TV cameras drew their power from the lunar module and returned signals to Earth via the lunar module’s radio system. The camera was connected by wire to the lunar module and consequently could not be moved more than 100 feet from the landing spot. As in previous missions, the TV signal will come to Earth through the prime MSFN sta tions at Goldstone, Calif.; Ma drid; and Canberra, Australia. Each station provides coverage of the Moon by use of two 85- foot (26-meter) parabolic an tennas. For best TV coverage, the flight will use a 210-foot (64-meter) tracking antenna of NASA’s Deep Space Network at Goldstone, and a radioastronomy antenna of the same size at Parkes, Australia. The normal tracking and data collection phases of the flight will be carried out by the Net work. In addition, the Network will track a scientific sub-satel lite to be launched from the com mand module into lunar orbit. FoT the special television cov erage NASA has provided a com plex hookup connecting the astro nauts and the TV camera direct ly to Earth. Because of the rough terrain in the Hadley- Apennipe region of the Moon, communication from the lunar rover cannot be transmitted via the lunar module, even though it is only a few miles away. Communication from the as tronauts will always be routed via the rover or the lunar module. The command module, piloted by Alfred M. 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