THIS SPACE-AGE CHAMBER at the Manned Spacecraft Centre at Houston, Texas, is lined with spike-like foam rubber. It is sound-proof and free from echoes to simulate space conditions for radio signals to and from the threeman Apollo moonship and its lunar excursion module. The Apollo and excursion module are being tested to carry men to the moon’s surface.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31088, 17 June 1966, Page 9
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58THIS SPACE-AGE CHAMBER at the Manned Spacecraft Centre at Houston, Texas, is lined with spike-like foam rubber. It is sound-proof and free from echoes to simulate space conditions for radio signals to and from the threeman Apollo moonship and its lunar excursion module. The Apollo and excursion module are being tested to carry men to the moon’s surface. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31088, 17 June 1966, Page 9
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