Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight

by David A. Mindell

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Documents:

Chapter 8: Designing a Landing

‘‘The Manned Space Flight Network for Apollo.’’ Greenbelt, Md.: Goddard Spaceflight Center,
1968.

Apollo Spacecraft and Systems Familiarization Manual (selected figures).

Bennett, Floyd. ‘‘Apollo Experience Report: Mission Planning for Lunar Module Descent and
Ascent.’’ Houston, Tex.: NASA MSFC, 1972. Part I. Part II.

Bennett, Floyd V. ‘‘Apollo Lunar Descent and Ascent Trajectories.’’ Paper presented at the AIAA
8th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, New York, N.Y., January 19–21, 1970. NASA TM X-58040.

Cheatham, Donald C., and Clarke T. Hackler. ‘‘Handling Qualities for Pilot Control of Apollo
Lunar-Landing Spacecraft
.’’ J. Spacecraft 3, no. 5 (May 1966): 632–638.

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, "Lunar Module: Subsystem Assembly and Installations." December, 1967.

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, "Apollo Operations Handbook: Lunar Module, Voume I: Subsystems Data." NAS 9-1100 June 15, 1970.

Johnston, Malcolm W. ‘‘A Manual LEM Backup Guidance System.’’ Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Instrumentation
Laboratory, 1964.

Klumpp, Allan R. ‘‘A Manually Retargeted Automatic Descent and Landing System for LEM.’’
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, 1966.

Manned Space Flight Center. ‘‘Apollo Lunar Landing Mission Symposium: Proceedings and
Compilation of Papers
,’’ June 25–27, 1966. At http://klabs.org/history/ntrs_docs/manned/apollo/
index.htm (accessed April 2007).

Matranga, Gene J., and Joseph A. Walker. ‘‘Investigation of Terminal Lunar Landing with
the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle.
’’ Paper presented at American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics Manned Space Flight Meeting, St. Louis, Mo., October 11–13, 1965. NASA-TM-X-
74475.

Matranga, Gene J., Wayne Ottinger, and Calvin R. Jarvis. Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly: The
Lunar Landing Research Vehicle
. Monographs in Aerospace History No. 35. Washington, D.C.:
NASA, 2004.

Portillo Lugo, Jose, " Lunar Module Attitude Controller Assembly Input Processing."

Sears, Norman, ed. "Primary G&N System: Lunar ORbit Operations" Volume I and Volume II. MIT Instrumentation Laboratory R-446, April 1964.

Smyth, Robert K., "The Lunar Excursion Module," SETP Proceedings.

Vonbun, Friedrich O. ‘‘Ground Tracking of Apollo.’’ Astronautics and Aeronautics 4 (May 1966):
104–115.

Woodling, C. H., S. Faber, J. J. Van Bockel, C. C. Olasky, W. K. Williams, J. L. C. Mire, and J. R.
Homer. ‘‘Apollo Experience Report: Simulation of Manned Space Flight for Crew Training.’’ Houston,
Tex.: Manned Spacecraft Center, 1973.