Apollo question

How much room was in the Apollo capsules? I've seen diagrams, and recently
purchased a very nice scale model of a capsule which has a removeable hatch and
quite a detailed interior, but it doesn't look like there's much room. Reason I
ask is that in many videos I've seen, it appears the crew is moving around
without a problem. Did the seat stow away when not needed? How about the
instrument panels? Were the moveable? How did they get out through the hatch to
the LEM? Thanks.

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How much room was in the Apollo capsules? I've seen diagrams, and recently
purchased a very nice scale model of a capsule which has a removeable hatch
and
quite a detailed interior, but it doesn't look like there's much room.
Reason I
ask is that in many videos I've seen, it appears the crew is moving around
without a problem. Did the seat stow away when not needed? How about the
instrument panels? Were the moveable? How did they get out through the
hatch to
the LEM? Thanks.



It had an interior volume of 6.2m^3.

The seats did stow away after launch and there was a lot of room beneath
them. (In fact enough room to add two seats for the "rescue" CSM that was
prepped for Skylab.

The instrument panels did not move. They did not use the hatch to get to
the LEM. There was a tunnel that went through the nose of the capsule.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_...or_arrangement

and
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/apolocsm.htm

are good references.

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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:43:07 -0400, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
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How much room was in the Apollo capsules? I've seen diagrams, and recently
purchased a very nice scale model of a capsule which has a removeable hatch
and
quite a detailed interior, but it doesn't look like there's much room.
Reason I
ask is that in many videos I've seen, it appears the crew is moving around
without a problem. Did the seat stow away when not needed? How about the
instrument panels? Were the moveable? How did they get out through the
hatch to
the LEM? Thanks.



It had an interior volume of 6.2m^3.

The seats did stow away after launch and there was a lot of room beneath
them. (In fact enough room to add two seats for the "rescue" CSM that was
prepped for Skylab.

The instrument panels did not move. They did not use the hatch to get to
the LEM. There was a tunnel that went through the nose of the capsule.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_...or_arrangement

and
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/apolocsm.htm

are good references.

Thanks. Good links. And I guess I used the wrong word in "hatch". I know they
didn't go out the hatch to get to the LEM. I just wondered if the tunnel to the
LEM was always unobstructed or if they had to move anything to get to it.

I can remember the capsule the UK Science museum had. I thought it was
pretty small though, but then with no gravity, I suppose it was a lot easier
to move about in there.
Brian

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How much room was in the Apollo capsules? I've seen diagrams, and recently
purchased a very nice scale model of a capsule which has a removeable
hatch and
quite a detailed interior, but it doesn't look like there's much room.
Reason I
ask is that in many videos I've seen, it appears the crew is moving around
without a problem. Did the seat stow away when not needed? How about the
instrument panels? Were the moveable? How did they get out through the
hatch to
the LEM? Thanks.



It had an interior volume of 6.2m^3.

The seats did stow away after launch and there was a lot of room beneath
them. (In fact enough room to add two seats for the "rescue" CSM that was
prepped for Skylab.

The instrument panels did not move. They did not use the hatch to get to
the LEM. There was a tunnel that went through the nose of the capsule.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_...or_arrangement

and
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/apolocsm.htm

are good references.

--
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http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/
CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net

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I can remember the capsule the UK Science museum had. I thought it was
pretty small though, but then with no gravity, I suppose it was a lot
easier to move about in there.
Brian


Ayup. 3D in space is a lot roomier ;-)



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Thanks. Good links. And I guess I used the wrong word in "hatch". I know
they
didn't go out the hatch to get to the LEM. I just wondered if the tunnel to
the
LEM was always unobstructed or if they had to move anything to get to it.



I believe it was unobstructed.



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Thanks. Good links. And I guess I used the wrong word in "hatch". I know
they
didn't go out the hatch to get to the LEM. I just wondered if the tunnel to
the
LEM was always unobstructed or if they had to move anything to get to it..

I believe it was unobstructed.

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they had to remove the docking prope before using the tunnel

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On Apr 26, 9:43*am, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
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Thanks. Good links. And I guess I used the wrong word in "hatch". I know
they
didn't go out the hatch to get to the LEM. I just wondered if the tunnel to
the
LEM was always unobstructed or if they had to move anything to get to it.

I believe it was unobstructed.

--
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CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses.http://www.quicr.net

they had to remove the docking prope before using the tunnel

Docking probe, not prope, but otherwise correct. Note though that the
probe was on the *unpressurized* side of the hatch in the tunnel, so it
didn't pose an obstruction until after that hatch was opened.

Jeff
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Thanks. Good links. And I guess I used the wrong word in "hatch". I
know
they
didn't go out the hatch to get to the LEM. I just wondered if the
tunnel to
the
LEM was always unobstructed or if they had to move anything to get to
it.

I believe it was unobstructed.

--
Greg D. Moore
http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/
CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses.http://www.quicr.net

they had to remove the docking prope before using the tunnel

Docking probe, not prope, but otherwise correct. Note though that the
probe was on the *unpressurized* side of the hatch in the tunnel, so it
didn't pose an obstruction until after that hatch was opened.


Exactly. I assumed the original poster meant between the main crew area and
the hatch, not after the hatch ;-)

But in case I'm wrong, Jeff and Bob(with spelling corrected ;-) are correct.


Jeff

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On Apr 26, 9:43 am, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
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Thanks. Good links. And I guess I used the wrong word in "hatch". I
know
they
didn't go out the hatch to get to the LEM. I just wondered if the
tunnel to
the
LEM was always unobstructed or if they had to move anything to get to
it.

I believe it was unobstructed.

--
Greg D. Moore
http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/
CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses.http://www.quicr.net

they had to remove the docking prope before using the tunnel

Docking probe, not prope, but otherwise correct. Note though that the
probe was on the *unpressurized* side of the hatch in the tunnel, so it
didn't pose an obstruction until after that hatch was opened.


Exactly. I assumed the original poster meant between the main crew area and
the hatch, not after the hatch ;-)

But in case I'm wrong, Jeff and Bob(with spelling corrected ;-) are correct.

I'd personally consider the CM's docking probe to be "outside" of the
CM. In other words, I thought your original answer was quite
sufficient. ;-)

Jeff
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" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker