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I saw the movie #Apollo13 with #LunarModule Program Director #JoeGavin. Now it’s time to tell the forgotten story—which that film doesn’t show—of how he & his #Grumman #Team helped rescue the astronauts with a #LMLifeboat while the world watched: andrewerickson.com/2020/04/apollo… #Apollo50
Five decades ago, during the aborted #Apollo13 mission of April 1970, #Grumman Aerospace Corporation’s #LunarModule saved 3 astronauts by becoming a lifeboat-tugboat. Throughout the crisis, #LM Program Director #JoeGavin manned his post @NASA’s #MissionControl Center in #Houston. 
Gavin led a multi-hundred-person team in Houston & Bethpage, NY to help coordinate assessment & use of the #LM’s capabilities for emergency #LunarLifeboat role.
Gavin, virtually all of his colleagues + contemporaries & #Grumman itself have subsequently departed from the scene.
Gavin, virtually all of his colleagues + contemporaries & #Grumman itself have subsequently departed from the scene.
This week is the 50th anniversary of the #Apollo11 #LunarLanding - 1 giant leap for mankind that helped us understand the #Moon and also gave us a better understanding of #Earth. We are posting some neat facts about the Moon this week!
#Apollo50th
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #geology
#Apollo50th
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #geology
