Apollo 25 was a sapceflight mission by NASA. The crew includes Molly Cobb as commander, Tracy Stevens and Dennis Lambert. Originally, the mission was to repair an astronomical satellite in Earth orbit. The mission duration was 14 days.
Apollo 25, contrary to the Lunar Apollo missions, was launched by a Saturn IB. The launch was performed from Pad 39B in KSC, using an elevated platform known as the "milkstool" to accommodate the height differential between the Saturn IB and the much larger Saturn V.
Unlike most Apollo missions, but like Apollos 7 and 8, the CSM had no separate call sign. Its call sign was simply ‘25’.
Due to the failure of Apollo 24 to perform TLI, the mission was repurposed to deliver a new Saturn V Flight Control Computer and repair the S-IVB of Apollo 24. The primary mission was cancelled and it performed a rendezvous with Apollo 24 in Low Earth Orbit.
During the repair EVA, Apollo 24 astronaut Harrison Liu was killed and Molly Cobb left stranded in space. Tracy Stevens managed to pilot Apollo 25 to rendezvous with Molly Cobb and retrieve her.
The three astronauts then landed back safely on Earth.
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