Apollo 22 was a crew rotation mission of the Jamestown Moon base launched by mid 1974. The mission is also called Jamestown 2. The crew consisted of Edward Baldwin (Commander), Gordo Stevens and Danielle Poole. They relieved the crew of Apollo 21, which was the first to inhabit the base. The CSM of Apollo 22 was named Excalibur.
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After Apollo 23 exploded on launch day on August 24, 1974,[2] the crew of Apollo 22 had to stay on the Moon. Finally on December 4, 1974, 145 days into the mission, Gordo Stevens and Danielle Poole flew back to Earth on board the Command and Service Module (CSM) of Apollo 22 after Danielle deliberately broke her arm to get a reason to bring back Gordo, who was mentally suffering from the extended stay on the small station. To perform this task, Baldwin named Poole commander of Apollo 22. Ed stayed alone on the Moon on board Jamestown.[3]
Edward Baldwin went back to Earth alone on board the CSM of Apollo 24 after he was relieved by Ellen Wilson.[4]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 See Apollo 22 dates calculations
- ↑ For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 6, "Home Again"
- ↑ For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 7, "Hi Bob"
- ↑ For All Mankind TV series, season 1, episode 10, "A City Upon a Hill"
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