Apollo 16 - Launch Checklist
The Launch Checklist provides the crew with a quick reference to the
actions needed during launch and Trans Lunar Insertion. It also
covers the crew actions required during mission aborts, including
failures of the Saturn V, and de-orbit re-entry after an alternative
Earth-orbital mission, if TLI is not possible. Like similar
checklists in aircraft, the Apollo Checklists are intended as memmory
joggers, and are normally used by one cremember reading out the action,
and the other crewmembers carrying out the requisite task.
The Checklists are derived from Volume 2 of the Apollo Operations
Handbook, which contains the detailed
operating procedures for the various systems in the spacecraft, under
both normal and emergency conditions. The Checklists are then
developed through simulation, and from experience in previous
missions. This section contains scans of the 220 pages of the
Launch Checklist .
The basic version of the document here is dated 13 December 1971, 3
months
before the intended flight date. It was then amended by Revision
A dated 7 March 1972 (printed amendment. Hand written amendments
followed; Change A on 29 March 1972 and Change B on 6 April 1972.
The Checklist will have
continued to be amended up until, and during, the
flight.
For faster viewing over a slow connection, individual pages can
be accessed as GIF images. The separate sections of the Launch
Checklist can also be downloaded for viewing in PDF format using Adobe
Acrobat
Section 1 - Liftoff Control Configuration PDF File (4.651MB)
Page L1-1 Panel 1
Page L1-2 Panel 1, 2
Page L1-3 Panel 2 cont.
Page L1-4 Panel 2, 3
Page L1-5 Panel 3, 4
Page L1-6 Panel 4, 5, 6, 7
Page L1-7 Panel 7, 8, 9
Page L1-8 Panel 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16
Page L1-9 Panel 100, 101, 122, 181, 201
Page L1-10 Panel 225, 226, 227, 229, 230
Page L1-11 Panel 230, 250, 251, 252, 275, 276,
277
Page L1-12 Panel 278, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304,
305
Page L1-13 Panel 306, 325, 326, 350, 351
Page L1-14 Panel 352, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379,
380, 382
Page L1-15 Panel 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, Fwd
Hatch, Side Hatch
Boost Preparation
Insertion and Systems Checks
Page L2-11
Serials
1,
2, 3
Page L2-12
Serials
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Page L2-13
Serials
10,11, 12, 13
Page L2-14
Serials
14, 15
Page L2-15
Serials 16,17, 18, 19, 20
Page L2-16
Serials 21, 22, 23
Page L2-17
Serials 24, 25, 26
Page L2-18
Serials 27, 28, 29, 30
TLI Preparation and Burn
Section 3 - Normal Spacecraft/Booster Separations PDF File (2.364MB)
Section 5 Earth Orbit Entry Vehicle Preparation PDF File (5.101MB)
Section 6 Hybrid RCS Deorbit and Entry PDF File (2.562MB)
Copyright © 2003 by Tim Brandt and W. David Woods. All
rights reserved.
Last updated: 2017-02-17
