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Apollo Mission Control

The Making of a National Historic Landmark
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
285 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am04.07.20181st ed. 2018
This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America´s space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It describes the rooms of people supporting this control center;mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThis book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America´s space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It describes the rooms of people supporting this control center;
Zusammenfassung
Publication coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing in July 2019

Includes anecdotes by flight controllers about their duties and time on-console during historic Apollo missions

Contains appendices with details of the history, photos, quotes, names and the work of the people involved in designing, operating and later restoring the Apollo Control Center

Explains the ongoing work of the Manned Spaceflight Operations Association, organized to oversee the restoration project
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-319-76683-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum04.07.2018
Auflage1st ed. 2018
ReiheSpringer Praxis Books
Seiten285 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht575 g
IllustrationenXV, 285 p. 164 illus., 81 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.44478118

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Frontispiece.- Dedication.- Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Mission Control Concepts.- Chapter 3: The Original Mission Control Center.- Chapter 4: A Control Center for the Future.- Chapter 5: From Concepts to Reality.- Chapter 6: The Missions.- Chapter 7: The People.- Chapter 8: Abandoned in Place.- Chapter 9: Restoration.- Chapter 10: The 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing.-  Appendix 1 Key Correspondence.-  Appendix 2 Mission Manning Lists.- Appendix 3 Women Flight Controllers.- Appendix 4 Chronology of Events.- Appendix 5 Photos and Graphics.- Appendix 6 Quotes.- Appendix 7 Original MCC Contractors.- Appendix 8 In Memory of Our Colleagues.- References.- Glossary.- About the Author.- Index.mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Dutch Von Ehrenfried has worked in both the spaceflight and aviation fields for about 25 years. He was a NASA Flight Controller in Mission Control for many Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Missions. Dutch also worked on some of the Apollo Lunar Experiment Packages from an operations point of view as well as experiments that went into Skylab from an Earth Resources Program perspective. He later worked in the NASA Headquarters Space Station Task Force and the Program Office as a contractor for about 10 years, and the FAA Aviation Safety Office for a year. In recent years, he has written several books in the Springer-Praxis series.