Who Was Capcom on Apollo 11?
Four astronauts served as the capsule communicator, or CapCom. Each took his turn being the constant point of contact between the astronauts and Mission Control (clockwise from top left): Charles Duke

Charles Duke

Charles Moss Duke Jr.

(born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. As Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. Charles Moss Duke Jr.

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, Bruce McCandless, Ron Evans, and Owen Garriott
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Who was CapCom for Apollo 12?

Gerald “Jerry” Carr was capcom (capsule communication) for both the Apollo 8 and Apollo 12 missions and launched into space himself as commander of the Skylab 4 mission, the final mission of the orbiting space station.
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Who was the CapCom on Apollo 13?

The CAPCOMs (the person in Mission Control, during the Apollo program an astronaut, who was responsible for voice communications with the crew) for Apollo 13 were Kerwin, Brand, Lousma, Young and Mattingly.
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