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Apollo in Real Time => Apollo 11 Moments of Interest => Topic started by: RobatRobot on July 19, 2026, 06:49:11 pm

Title: 112:56:27 Aldrin Discovers a Broken Circuit Breaker
Post by: RobatRobot on July 19, 2026, 06:49:11 pm

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=112:56:27 This has been in the news lately due to the pen used to replace the broken switch cap selling at auction. The story got me hunting the transcripts, and here it is.

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=122:36:35 May be the moment it is pushed in.

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=123:20:44 Here is Aldrin's report that it is in, and he isn't getting it out if he wanted to.

And https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=111:38:07 is presumably the bumping that knocked it off... :-)

Title: Re: 112:56:27 Aldrin Discovers a Broken Circuit Breaker
Post by: bfeist on July 20, 2026, 08:13:33 pm

Awesome. Thanks for tracking this down!

Title: Re: 112:56:27 Aldrin Discovers a Broken Circuit Breaker
Post by: bfeist on July 21, 2026, 09:35:50 am

Found a whole discussion about the new procedure required because of the broken circuit breaker.
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=120:01:11&ch=50