Apollo Transcript Viewer

The Apollo Transcript Viewer is designed to support synchronized examination of Apollo mission archives. The user interface, shown below, permits simultaneous display of one audio channel, one video program, two photograph sequences, and two transcripts and/or flight plans. Three transcripts and two flight plans are included in the present version of the system. The system is described briefly after the screen shot below.

The system presently offers the following capabilities for the Apollo 15 mission:

One audio/video sequence (lunar surface EVA television)
Choice of three scanned transcripts
- Space-to-Ground Radio (GOSS1 TEC)
- Command Module On-board Tape (DSE)
- Lunar Module On-board Tape (DSEA)
Three timelines
- Video availability
- DSE availability
- DSEA availability
Choice of two corrected and annotated transcripts
- Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (Copyright Eric M. Jones)
- Apollo Flight Journal (Copyright W. David Woods and Frank O'Brien)
Choice of two flight plan sequences
- Command/Service Module
- Lunar Module
Two photograph sequences
- Commander lunar surface photography
- Lunar Module Pilot lunar surface photography
One traverse map
Four replay control features
- Mission Elapsed Time (MET) display
- Timeline slider (one-hour increments)
- Selectable timelines on each flight plan page
- Pause function

This prototype system was developed to explore synchronization of multiple transcripts with audio and video replay. It is freely available for research use under the GNU Public License. The data files are large, and should only be downloaded over a fast connection.

The present release of the code (1.0) would benefit from a good scrubbing, and there are probably a few undiscovered bugs. Bug reports are welcome, and bug fixes would be particularly welcome!

Doug Oard

Last modified: Sun Apr 4 19:38:57 2004