When you go to the display, you'll see that there's independent Mission Control Channels and you can listen to them in combination or singular. Imagine these channels attached to all of the individuals you see sitting in Houston Mission Control. So, from the channel list, if you listen to FLIGHT, you would be hearing Gene Kranz. CAPCOM would be whichever astronaut is manning the line to communicate with the crew. These are typically the backup crew members. The channels include:
FOD
MSN DIR
FLIGHT
FLIGHT-L
FLIGHT-R
CAPCOM
CAPCOM-R
BOOSTER
BOOSTER-C
BOOSTER-R
RETRO
FIDO
GUIDO
SURGEON
SURGEON-R
EECOM
GNC
TELCOM
CONTROL
INCO
OPS&PRO
FPO
ASST FD
NETWORK
COMM TECH
COMM CTRL
TRACK
TRACK-R
RECOVERY
RCVY ASST
RCVY STUS
CONF LOOP
GOSS 2
EASEP
MOCR DYN
GOSS CONF
GOSS 4
CCATS LD
CCATS RTC
CCATS CMD
CCATS TIC
CCATS TM
EXPMT AO
EVAL
SPACE ENV
COMP SUP
SPAN
Was wondering ...
Was the audio channel(s) from the moon ship to earth, FM and Frequency Modulation ? Certainly weren’t AM transmissions.
Nothing digital was capable for audio back then.
Anybody know ?
IIRC, and boy does this take me back, Kranz is the gentleman in the vest...?