Although not officially announced, the original backup crew consisted of Fred Haise ( CDR ), William R. Pogue ( CMP ) and Gerald Carr ( LMP ) who were targeted for the prime crew assignment on Apollo 19.

Although previous Apollo expeditions, including Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 obtained samples of pre-mare lunar material, before lava began to upwell from the Moon's interior and flood the low areas and basins, none had actually visited the lunar highlands.

Although their work was controversial, the American Apollo Moon landings, which were in progress at the time, provided supportive evidence by recognizing the rate of impact cratering on the Moon.

Although Orestes ’ actions were what the god Apollo had commanded him to do, Orestes had still committed matricide and because of this, he was pursued by the terrible Erinyes.

Although Lugus may originally have been a deity of light or the sun ( though this is disputed ), similar to the Roman Apollo, his importance as a god of trade made him more comparable to Mercury, and Apollo was instead equated with the Celtic deity Belenus.

Although Apollo and Artemis are given the blame, the mass murderer is a mortal grappling for power.

Although space probes have returned to Earth in the decades since Apollo 12, this remains the only occasion in which humans have visited a probe that had been sent to another world.

Although this film was released in 1979, the ring announcers say that it takes place ten months after Rocky's first fight with Apollo Creed, putting the Rocky II fight with Apollo in November 1976.

Although Capricorn One is thematically a typical 1970s government-conspiracy thriller with similarities to Hyams's subsequent film Outland, the story was inspired by conspiracy theories surrounding the Apollo Moon landings.

Although Apollo falls into the image of the " Son " from Paradise Lost and of " Jesus " from Paradise Regained, he does not directly confront Hyperion as Satan is confronted.

Although Apollo systems were easy to use and administer, they became less cost-effective because the proprietary operating system made software more expensive than Unix software.

Although normally tasked with tracking unmanned spacecraft, the Deep Space Network ( DSN ) also contributed to the communication and tracking of Apollo missions to the Moon, although primary responsibility was held by the Manned Space Flight Network.

Although there is no U. S. law specifically against the ownership of Apollo moonrocks, none has ever been ( or is likely to ever be ) given or sold by the U. S. government to private citizens.

* Although not designed or intended as one, Apollo 13 used the Lunar Module ( LM ) as a lifeboat when the service module suffered an explosion causing the command module to have to be shut down.

Although the mission of Apollo 16 was terminated one day early, due to concern over several spacecraft malfunctions, all major objectives were accomplished through the ceaseless efforts of the mission support team and were made possible by the most rigorous preflight planning yet associated with an Apollo mission.

Although the flight carried no lunar module, Cunningham was kept busy with the myriad system tests aboard this first launch of a manned Apollo mission.

Although it is uncertain which synthesizers Vangelis employs on this album, other instruments include acoustic drums, bass, percussion, a xylophone, a gamelan ( track 2 ) and recordings of the speaking clock ( courtesy of Post Office communications ) and the Apollo moon landing ( courtesy of NASA ).

Although Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong was first to set foot on the moon, he left his 105. 012 Speedmaster inside the Lunar Module as a backup because the LM's electronic timer had malfunctioned.

Although they appreciate their freedom, the landing party shows remorse for Apollo, with Carolyn devastated and Dr. McCoy specifically wishing that the crew weren't forced to take such extreme measures.

Although it is in some ways comparable to a voluntary sale of assets for cash, to which section 203 quite clearly applies, the courts and Treasury have held that acquiring corporations in several types of non-taxable reorganizations may sue for refund of taxes paid by transferors.

Although his respect for Aristotle was diminished as his travels made it clear that much of Aristotle's geography was clearly wrong, when the old philosopher released his works to the public, Alexander complained " Thou hast not done well to publish thy acroamatic doctrines ; for in what shall I surpass other men if those doctrines wherein I have been trained are to be all men's common property?

Although not normally thought of as biotechnology, agriculture clearly fits the broad definition of " using a biotechnological system to make products " such that the cultivation of plants may be viewed as the earliest biotechnological enterprise.

Although clearly both genetic and environmental input is needed for a child to develop normally, considerable debate remains about how genetic information might guide cognitive development.

Although he complains about his poverty in his poems, he clearly belonged to one of the wealthiest families of the area.

Although the Cantino planisphere ( 1504 ) and the Ruysch map ( 1507 ) clearly delineate the Maldive Islands, giving them the same names, they do not show any islands to the south which can be identified as the Chagos archipelago.

Although the text contains some inaccuracies, it clearly identifies the main component as naphtha.

Although clearly a development of the hoplite, the Macedonian phalanx was tactically more versatile, especially used in the combined arms tactics favoured by the Macedonians.

Although artistic display has clearly been a function of jewellery from the very beginning, the other roles described above tended to take primacy.

Although the changes gave the president the power to dissolve parliament, it also more clearly defined the parliament's powers.

Although the changes gave the President the power to dissolve Parliament, it also more clearly defined Parliament's powers.

Although the events were clearly a dynastic struggle, " the division was not between native barons and newcomers from the West, but between the king's maternal and paternal kin.

Although stylistically their music had little in common, he clearly felt that he needed, and benefitted from, Webern ’ s acute perfectionism.

Although federal courts ' application of the Connelly rule has been inconsistent and state courts have often failed to appreciate the consequences of the case, Connelly clearly marked a significant change in the application of the voluntariness standard.

Although disputed by some, the ledger books of Takeda clearly show that Ueshiba spent a great deal of time training in Daitō-ryū between 1915 and 1937.

Although pure riding skill clearly played a large part in his success, the ability of his chief race engineer, Jeremy Burgess, to perfect the suspension and geometry of a racing motorcycle gave him an enormous advantage over his rivals.

Although clearly peers ( both won Nobel prizes in physics ), a formal panel of reviewers was not sought, as is done for many scientific journals today.

Although they are at temperatures of roughly, the contrast with the surrounding material at about 5780 K ( 5500 ° C ) leaves them clearly visible as dark spots, as the luminous intensity of a heated black body ( closely approximated by the photosphere ) is a function of temperature to the fourth power.

Although he rejected Frith ’ s radicalism, by 1534 he clearly signalled that he had broken with Rome and that he had set a new theological course.

Although based on those of Merton College, these statutes clearly display the lack of resources then available to the college.

Although William of Jumieges's claim that the ducal fleet numbered 3, 000 ships is clearly an exaggeration, it was probably large and mostly built from scratch.

Although the Ancient Greeks had no separate word for logic as distinct from language and reason, Aristotle's newly coined word " syllogism " ( syllogismos ) identified logic clearly for the first time as a distinct field of study.

Although he was clearly not guilty, he chose to accept the pardon.

Although the word hippies made isolated appearances during the late 1950s and early 1960s, the first clearly contemporary use of the term appeared in print on September 5, 1965, in the article, " A New Haven for Beatniks ", by San Francisco journalist Michael Fallon.

Although his research clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method.