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Forty Years Ago Today II

"On July 11 the astronauts went before Charles Berry for
a final health scrutiny, and were passed fit. Six miles away,
on the launch pad, the report was "no problems." Emphasising
the quickening tempo was the departure on July 12 of the
primary recovery ship, the USS Hornet ASW aircraft carrier,
from Pearl Harbour, to take up station in the Pacific and
await the splashdown of the command module, due on July 24." *

40 Years Ago Today...

...30 days from launching into history:

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Just another day in the office.

I think the acronyms mean:

• LLTV: Lunar Lander Training Vehicle
• LRL: Lunar Receiving Laboratory
• CMS: Command Module Simulator
• FMES: Full Mission Engineering Simulator