Description

Black and white photograph of David G. Hoag, right, director of the Draper Laboratory's Apollo group with Russell Larson, who directed the lunar module programming for Apollo 13. The image is a rounded fisheye view of the Apollo lunar module simulater, including its control panels, and was released to the press to highlight the computing and programming functions of the craft. Original caption: "Fisheye View of the Apollo -- The fisheye lens captures the interior of the Apollo lunar module simulator at the Charles S. Draper Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where the Apollo command module and lunar module guidance systems were designed and developed and where the guidance computers for each flight are programmed. LM and CM simulators are used in verifying each step of the complex flight programs. Shown above in the LM simulator are Engineer Russell Larson (left) who directed the LM programming for the Apollo 13 mission, and David G. Hoag (right), director of the Laboratory's Apollo group. Distortions due to the fisheye lens make the full control panel in the LM visible, including the display and keyboard (DSKY) to which Hoag is pointing. The DSKY is the astronauts' communication link with the guidance computer. They use the keyboard to punch in numerically-coded information and instructions. Computer replies appear in small display windows above and to the right of the keyboard. Status lights are above and to the left."