Re: Albert the Alligator on Apollo 13 recovery chopper - origin

In article <85mynpnjcz.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cindy Kandolf <cindy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In fact, for the Apollo 10 mission, the command module was given the
callsign Charlie Brown; the lunar module was Snoopy. Schulz was
tickled and did some special artwork for the mission, as well as a
story arc in the comic strip about it.

Apollo 10's lunar module was parked in orbit, the only one left intact
- all the others were either burned up during re-entry, or
deliberately crashed into the Moon.

Well, except for LM-2, 9, 13, 14 and 15, none of which were
flown (15 was scrapped). As I recall, a couple of LMs were left in
Lunar orbit rather than being crashed deliberately into the Moon but
there are no orbits around the Moon that are stable for the long term
and they eventually experienced an unscheduled regolith-braking phase.

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