This forum is for discussion about content found on https://apolloinrealtime.org and https://issinrealtime.org

Very little of the thousands of hours of Mission Control audio on Apollo in Real Time has been heard or documented. As you find moments of interest, post them here for discussion.

ISS in Real Time contains 25 years of life onboard. Post your favorite moments here.

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ISS General Discussion / International (non-US) Contributions to the ISS
« Last post by czubad on November 15, 2025, 10:48:13 pm »
Hello Everyone, I am an avid space enthusiast.
Thanks to our friends who did the hard work of setting up the Apollo and ISS in Real Time and this forum, I hope these posts will serve future readers who wish to discover this international technological achievement.
There are many perspectives to draw from when framing historical events, even relatively recent ones like the building of the ISS.  Remember, the European Space Agency, Roscosmos, the Canadian Space Agency, Japan Space Agency (JAXA) and other national concerns contributed to this endeavor. In fact, the ISS has over 12 nations participating, and add to that commercial launch and hardware providers. I recently borrowed the book Russia in Space by journalist Anatoly Zak through interlibrary loan from Texas A&M University. I also just finished watching a PBS NOVA airing of Operation Space Station: Science and Survival.  I suggest also looking at RussianSpaceWeb.com by Anatoly Zak for in-depth facts, illustrations, and prominent figures in the Russian space industry. I recommend us sharing book recommendations.  For example, please read Terry Virts How to Astronaut. Cheers, and hope to see many posts.
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Apollo 13 Moments of Interest / 029:21:33 Quit disturbin' us! We're watching Charlie Brown :(
« Last post by PiperD on November 06, 2025, 01:36:40 pm »
Link: https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=029:21:33&ch=33

Weather and Recovery teasing each other about a message sent to the wrong place. Before their conversation starts you can hear Charlie Brown playing through the Recovery Assistant loop.   
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Apollo 13 Moments of Interest / 028:17:03 Recovory Assistant watching the evening news
« Last post by PiperD on November 06, 2025, 01:17:03 am »
Link: https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=028:17:03&ch=33

The entire CBS Evening News Broadcast was recorded through the audio loop! A little bit about the mission, mostly over-dramatizing issues caused by the last minute crew switch, as well as joking about Swigert's unpaid taxes. It really illustrates how little media attention this mission received before the explosion- More time is spent talking about the Vietnam War, Sea Otter Conservation, and even plant-based meat substitutes than is spent on Apollo 13!
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Apollo 13 Moments of Interest / 017:42:50 Kranz joking about Chrysler
« Last post by PiperD on November 05, 2025, 08:02:25 pm »
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=017:42:50&ch=50

Booster: Oh, I've got systems dead all over the place

Flight: Well what it amounts to is that since they're made by Chrysler it's 50,000 miles or 5 years - We've already exceeded the 50,000 miles
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Apollo 13 Moments of Interest / 016:58:12 The only time Failure IS an Option
« Last post by PiperD on November 05, 2025, 06:49:50 pm »
Distant crash
Stand by, we just had a failure over here - Let's see if Joe clobbered himself
*I'm alright*

Link: https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=016:58:12&ch=50

I'm guessing Joe is CapCom Joe Kerwin? Although he doesn't officially take over as CapCom until just before 22 hours GET, so it may be someone else. 
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Apollo 13 Moments of Interest / 094:44:49 Slayton hasn't paid his taxes
« Last post by PiperD on November 03, 2025, 02:36:59 pm »
Link: https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=094:44:49&ch=14

Marge Slayton calls Deke from the Lovell's house to tell him that the income tax paperwork got delivered and has to be signed/mailed out today; Deke says he'll get an extension.
Marge also says that Marilyn had just gotten back from visiting Mrs. Lovell (Jim's mom), and asked if there were any updates, then said she'll be visiting Mary (presumably Mary Haise, Fred's wife) next.

Later, at 096:40:34 Deke makes a call to ask for an extension.
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=096:40:34&ch=14
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ISS General Discussion / Re: Science Moments
« Last post by bfeist on October 28, 2025, 04:25:22 pm »
Awesome finds! If you work at NASA, message me internally and I can show you the video feeds that haven't been exported yet.
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ISS General Discussion / Re: Science Moments
« Last post by spasmunkey on October 28, 2025, 02:41:35 pm »
Exp 48 Kate Rubins talking with NASA's Kristen John about the Biomolecular Sequencer investigation.

At this moment, Kate sequenced DNA for the first time on ISS.

https://issinrealtime.org/2016-08-26T16:34:06
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ISS General Discussion / Science Moments
« Last post by spasmunkey on October 28, 2025, 01:59:40 pm »
Exp48  Kate Rubins talking with BioServe's Shankini Doraisingam about the Heart Cells investigation - the first long duration cell culture performed on ISS.

At this moment, Kate had put the heart cells under the microscope and both she and the ground can see them "beating"

https://issinrealtime.org/2016-07-27T11:16:40
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ISS General Discussion / Re: ISS in Real Time is coming soon!
« Last post by bfeist on October 27, 2025, 10:05:30 am »
We're live at https://issinrealtime.org

An article was just released about it too:
https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-102725a-iss-in-real-time-25-years-continuous-human-occupancy-space-station.html

And I wrote up a blog post about making it:
https://benfeist.com/posts/iss-in-real-time/
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