Inside Apollo Mission Control With Gerry Griffin (494)

Podcast: Shirtloads of Science · Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

This week we're joined by Gerry Griffin, an aeronautical engineer and Apollo flight director who worked on every single moon landing during the Apollo mission, from Apollo 11 to Apollo 17. In this chat, he shares how the Mission Control team worked to manage each mission, second by second, in rotating shifts. With far more data on the ground than on board, Mission Control was better positioned to help the astronauts solve problems as they arose. Gerry walks through some of the "showstopper" moments that could have ended in disaster, including the lightning strike on Apollo 12 and the 1202 alarm...