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During Eagle’s near-side pass on revolution 13, Gene Kranz polled his team on the descent orbit insertion (DOI) manoeuvre. After studying their telemetry, the flight controllers pronounced Eagle to be in excellent condition, and 10 minutes before it went ‘over the hill’ Duke relayed the decision to proceed.
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(2007). Lunar landing. In: The First Men on the Moon. Springer Praxis Books. Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49544-6_7
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