I found the Info on the Apollo moonwalks this is from the AMSO word doc that comes with it It Does not show what keys to use but the maps are useful.. Once you land at Moon base Hit K to start first astronaut EVA stand Close to the LM but Not By the ladder and Hit J.. that will give you the Flag from the LM Hold.. Plant the Flag where you want by hitting J again then go back and keep getting lab items from the hold and placing them with the J key... that last item you will get out is the drill.. you can locate the moon rocks by using F3 and selecting them from the list... Pick up all 6 rocks by standing next to them and using the J key... then you reenter the Lm by standing in front of the ladder and Hitting J. Dont stay out too long or you will run out of Oxygen then hit k to start next EVA stand by drill and hit k to drill for a carrot then locate and pick up the rest of the rocks
EVA ON THE MOON
For all lunar missions simulated in AMSO, you will have to accomplish all historical EVA. You may even simulate a fictitious successful Apollo 13 mission, which will be, in this case, identical to the Apollo 14 mission. For mission since Apollo 15, you will have to deploy and use the LRV vehicle, also often called the Lunar Rover.
On the beginning of all missions, since Apollo 12, your first duty will be to deploy the S-band umbrella antenna (Apollo 11 didn’t used this device). Then you will have to plant the famous US flag on the Moon surface. Finally, you will have to deploy all the lunar laboratory items and get the drill tool.
Each EVA is subdivided into several stations, which will guide you along the historical traverse followed by Astronauts. The main stations you will visit are real locations, modeled as close as possible like it appear on photographic documents, like the strange “Orange Soil” in Apollo 17, or the “Shadow Mountain” of Apollo 16, etc… Both Astronauts and LRV display, indicate a direction clue and a distance to the next station. For the LRV, it is the location where your Astronauts should stop the vehicle and disembark. For the Astronauts, it is the center of the circular area, where AMSO has generated randomly 6 rock samples you must find and collect. Be aware that the radius of this area may vary a lot, depending on the station and therefore, make the difficulty to found these samples to vary in the same way.
The collection of these samples is mandatory. As long as you do not have found the last rock sample, AMSO will not select the next station. When you have collected the last rock sample, AMSO will immediately generate 6 new rock samples around the next collection area and select the next station. In case you collected the last rock sample of the last EVA station, AMSO will not anymore generate rock samples and the direction clues for both the Astronauts and the LRV, will now indicate the LM position, so you can easily go home.
The drill tool allows you to perform, anywhere, the optional task to drill the Moon soil, in order to collect underground samples (by optional task, I mean this task do no affect the selection of the next EVA station). This is the only tool you can use and embark with you, aboard the LRV.
For Apollo 12, you have another optional task to do. During the second EVA, you will have to visit the probe Surveyor III and retrieve a camera, as it was really done during this mission.
You terminate an EVA by returning both Astronauts into the LM. If you successfully accomplish all the mandatory rock samples collections and if the mission has a further EVA, AMSO will select the next EVA and generate rock samples on the first station of this next EVA. If you terminate an EVA before having collected the last rock sample of the last EVA station, the next EVA won’t be selected. So if you return outside with one or both Astronauts, you will be still in the same EVA and stage you were, before to return inside the LM.
Before to terminate the last EVA, you have a last optional task to do. It is to retrieve the solar wind experience. One of the Astronauts must take it and simply enter into the LM with this experience in the hand.
Finally, it is possible to do more EVA than in the reality. If one or both of your Astronauts return outside, after the end of the last historical EVA, the EVA counter will be incremented, but you won’t have any rock samples to collect and the direction clues will always indicate the LM location.
REMARKS: AMSO programmed landing locations is not the historical LM effective landing locations. So, if you let the LM to land in full automatic mode, the LM position may differ from the location indicated on the maps included in this document. For Example, for Apollo 11, the programmed landing location was inside the small “Little West” crater. This is one of the reasons why Neil Armstrong took the manual control and piloted manually “more forward” as he say several times. In AMSO, it is warmly recommended you almost use the “CHANGE TARGET” feature and select visually, more or less, the historical location, or use the full manual landing mode, like Neil do, if you feel you can do it ! Each following mission chapters give clues about where to land.
To know all about the commands of the LM for any of the approach and final landing with the different historical programs, or how to manipulate your Astronauts and the LRV vehicle, please refer to document “AMSO-User-manual.doc”.
APOLLO 11
Apollo 11 was the historical first landing of a manned spacecraft onto a different celestial body than the Earth, a real milestone of the spatial history.
For an accurate landing, see the map here after and select the same location from the visual clues you will see during the approach. Don’t use automatic landing, or you will be levitating over “Little West” crater !
EVA #1 – Oxygen autonomy: 2h 40mn
This first historical EVA had a planed duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes. AMSO subdivide this EVA into 2 stations, as you can see on the map.
Plant the US flag and then, deploy the laboratory items, before your walk.
Station #1: On the vicinity of the “Little West” crater.
Station #2: South of the LM, on the way back to it, around the PSE location.
#3: Back to LM, end of EVA. Don’t forget to retrieve solar wind experience, before to go back inside the LM.
APOLLO 12
Apollo 12 mission, the second successful visit to the Moon, was divided in two separate EVA, and an extra mission of Cassette retrieval from the previously launched Surveyor III probe.
The programmed landing spot was quite accurate. But Pete Conrad switched to manual control, like Neil Armstrong does before him, to land himself the spacecraft. In fact, in all further missions, who landed on the Moon, LM crew always decided to land manually. They probably considered it was safer to have some control on their own destiny !
EVA #1 – Oxygen autonomy: 3h 25mn
After the deployment of the umbrella high gain antenna and the US flag. Install all the Moon Lab material. This first Eva had only one station:
Station #1: Near the flat “Middle Crescent” Crater. If you have taken the drill tool with you, you may take some underground sample here.
#2: Retrieve your rock collection to the LM, and prepare for EVA#2.
EVA #2 – Oxygen autonomy: 3h 25mn
A long journey with 4 stations with some difficult rock samples collections. After station #4, before to go back, you will have to visit the Surveyor III probe. It landed here more than two years before, the 20 April, 1967, at 00:04:53 UT.
Station #1: To the west of the landing point near “Head” crater.
Station #2: West from the “Bench” crater, near “Sharp” location.
Station #3: South to the “Halo”. A difficult rock sample collection.
Station #4: Approaching Surveyor III probe, were the precious camera is waiting to be picked up.
Retrieve the Surveyor III camera.
#5: Back to the LM after this long but rewarding mission ! Don’t forget to retrieve solar wind experience, before to go back inside the LM.
APOLLO 14
After the dramatic failure of Apollo 13, it was decided to reprogram this mission on Fra Mauro site, the same area that was to have been explored on Apollo 13. Although the primary mission objectives for Apollo 14 were the same as those of Apollo 13
, provisions were made for returning a significantly greater quantity of lunar material and scientific data than had been possible previously.
Programmed landing coordinates are a bit critical here. You should change the landing point a bit forward and maybe to the right. Stay in the vicinity of the third crater of the “Triplet” group, as you can see on the map.
EVA #1 – Oxygen autonomy: 4h 15mn
After the deployment of the umbrella high gain antenna and the US flag. Install all the Moon Lab material. This first Eva had only one station:
Station #1: Near the “Doublet” crater group you should get the first samples.
#2: Back to LM for some rest and then preparation of EVA#2.
EVA #2 – Oxygen autonomy: 4h 15mn
A very difficult and long EVA with 7 stations. Be aware that you must carefully plane and then, respect your EVA schedule, or you may not have enough oxygen to return back to the LM. This would signify an horrible death! To succeed you will need both Astronauts to walk in the same time. See AMSO-User-manual, if you don’t know how to do this. Normally, one of the Astronaut should carry the drill with him.
Station #1: In the beginning of the big walk, some stones caught your attention.
Station #2: Continuing the path, slightly to the north.
Station #3: Alf way to the big “Cone” crater.
Station #4: The furthest point of this long trip the big “cone” crater where you should drill the soil and get samples.
Station #5: On the way back, near the “Flank” crater.
Station #6: On the vicinity of the “Weird” crater.
Station #7: Near the flat crater of “Triplet” group, the last rock sample.
#8: Return all this large samples collection to the LM and prepare for the Moon liftoff! Don’t forget to retrieve solar wind experience, before to go back inside the LM.
APOLLO 15
The Apollo 15 lunar module landed in the Hadley-Apennine region site. The site is on a dark mare plain near the sinuous Hadley Rille and the frontal scarp of the Apennine Mountains. This is the first mission using LRV Moon Rover.
Avoid the small crater on programmed landing coordinates. Go forward and to the left.
EVA #1 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
First, unload and deploy the LRV vehicle. Then, after you have erected the US flag on Moon surface, install all the Moon Lab material. Now you can finally start your first motorized trip on the Moon to Station 1.
Station #1: The first trip to be made is right to the edge of the Rille, were you will find your first samples and contemplate the wonderful view.
Station #2: To the south near the “ELBOW” crater.
Station #3: In the way back to the LM, another sample station.
#4: Return all your samples to the LM, take some rest and prepare for the next EVA.
EVA #2 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
Station #1: Heading south, some stones caught your attention. Collect them for the benefit of science.
Station #2: Near the “Dune” crater there is a rocky place.
Station #3: South in the foot of the “Apennine” Hills.
Station #4: Half way back to the north.
#5: After this very long journey, put the samples safe in the LM, take a merited rest and then prepare for the last EVA.
EVA #3 – Oxygen autonomy: 6h
Station #1: The second visit to the Hadley Rille, some rocky formations caught your attention.
Station #2: Near the Hadley Rille.
Station #3: The last rock collection on your way back.
#4: Back to the LM, get prepared to liftoff. Don’t forget to retrieve solar wind experience, before to go back inside the LM.
APOLLO 16
LM Orion landed at the western edge of the Descartes Mountains approximately 50 kilometers west of the Kant Plateau. The Apollo 16 mission accomplished the first landing in the central lunar highlands, and the crew successfully explored and sampled a kind of terrain never before visited on the lunar surface.
The programmed landing spot is safe and close from historical landing location.
EVA #1 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
First, unload and deploy the LRV vehicle. Then, after you have erected the US flag on Moon surface, install all the Moon Lab material. Now you can finally start your travel to Station 1.
Station #1: Right between “Flag” and “Spooky” craters. You first rock collection.
#2: Return all your samples to the LM, take some rest and prepare for the next EVA.
EVA #2 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
Station #1: Going south, mid way to “Stone Mountain” there are some rocks.
Station #2: At the foot of “Stone Mountain” in the “Cinco” area there are a lot of rocky formations.
Station #3: On the way back, near the flat “Wreck” crater.
Station #4: Mid way back.
#5: Put the samples safe in the LM, take a merited rest and then prepare for the last EVA.
EVA #3 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
Station #1: Between Craters “Palmetto” and “Gator” there are a lot of debris to collect
Station #2: At the very edge of the monumental “North Ray” crater, you have found the “House Rock” from were you can collect samples around.
Station #3: Going back you can drill and get samples inside “Palmetto” crater.
#4: Back to the LM, get prepared to liftoff. Don’t forget to retrieve solar wind experience, before to go back inside the LM.
APOLLO 17
The lunar module landed within 200 meters of the preferred landing point in a deep narrow valley called Taurus-Littrow. This valley is located in the mountainous highlands at the eastern rim of the Serenitatis basin.
The programmed landing spot is safe and close from historical landing location.
EVA #1 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
First, unload and deploy the LRV vehicle. Then, after you have erected the US flag on Moon surface, install all the Moon Lab material. Now you can finally start your travel to Station 1.
Station #1: Travel to the double crater “Steno” where the soil is very rocky, to collect samples.
#2: Return all your samples to the LM, take some rest and prepare for the next EVA.
EVA #1 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
Station #1: Going West, right after “Camelot” and “Horatio” craters
Station #2: More to the west, the soil is getting bright, get some samples.
Station #3: The further most station, near the foot of “South Massif”
Station #4: Near “Shorty” crater you have noticed the presence of a strange “orange soil”, could it be from the meteorite that formed “Shorty”? Drill the soil and get some rocks.
Station #5: On the way back to the LM, there is another Rocky formation to investigate.
#6: Retrieve your rock collection to the LM, have some merited rest and prepare for EVA#3.
EVA #3 – Oxygen autonomy: 7h
Station #1: Going towards “North Massif”, the incredible “Tracy’s rock” (your daughter’s name) need to be studied.
Station #2: To the east looking into “Sculptured Hills” and get some more samples
Station #3: Going back in the “Van Serg” area.
#6: Back to the LM, get prepared to liftoff. Don’t forget to retrieve solar wind experience, before to go back inside the LM.