MOON SHIP OPERATIONS


Eight tourists and two crew will fly the Moon Ship around the Moon and back. The passengers get to experience an Earthrise during this journey.

The following timeline (Table 1) starts after the Space Shuttle has been docked to the space station and the passengers have had lunch:


START

END

DURATION

CLOSE HATCH

16:00



UNDOCKING ROUTINE

16:00

16:30

00:30

MOVE AWAY

16:30

17:00

00:30

TLI

17:00



OUTBOUND COAST

17:00

20:33

75:33

PERICYNTHION

20:33



INBOUND COAST

20:33

00:07

75:37

EOI

00:07



RENDEZVOUS

00:07

08:29

08:22

DOCKING ROUTINE

08:29

09:21

00:52

OPEN HATCH

09:21



Table 1: Moon Ship Spaceflight Timeline

Everyone will have meals at the same time of day as all other crews during their voyage.

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