Apollo Lunar Landing Mission Symposium

by NASA

NASA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NASA TM X-58006

APOLLO LUNAR LANDING MISSION

SYMPOSIUM

JUNE 25-27,

1966

Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston, Texas

N78-75296 (NASA-TM-X-58006) PROCEEDINGS OF THE APOLLO LUNAR LANDING MISSION SYMPOSIUM (NASA)
662 p

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CONTENTS

1. Section

   Page

2. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   vii

3. Introductory Remarks ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

4. By Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, USAF, Director, Apollo Program Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters; Dr. Joseph H. Shea, Program Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

5. Concluding Remarks ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

6. By Dr. Joseph H. Shea

7. General Mission Summary and Configuration Description ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   11

8. By Owen E. Maynard, Chief, Mission Operations Division, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; John R. Sevier, Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

9. Apollo Navigation, Guidance and Control ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   83

10. By Dr . Robert C. Duncan, Chief, Guidance and Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

11. Detailed Mission Planning Considerations and Constraints ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    131

12. By M. P. Frank III, Chief, Mission Analysis Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

13. Apollo Lunar Module Landing Strategy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    175

14. By Donald C. Cheatham, Assistant Chief for Engineering and Development, Guidance and Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; Floyd V. Bennett, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

15. Apollo Lunar Surface Science Program ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    241

16. By Robert E. Vale, Deputy Manager, Experiments NASA Program Office, Manned Spacecraft Center

17. Detailed Mission Planning Considerations and Constraints ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    275

18. By Morris V.Jerkins, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

19. Transearth Injection through Reentry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    313

20. By M. P. Frank III, Chief, Mission Analysis Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

21. Apollo Earth Return Abort Capabilities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    327

22. By Ronald L. Berry, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

23. Software Compatibility with Lunar Mission ObjectivesS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    389

24. By Morris V. Jenkins, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

25. Communications Functions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    427

26. By Douglas R. Broome, Jr., Apollo Command and Service Module Project Engineering and Checkout Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

27. Crew Tasks and Training ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    461

28. By J. P. Loftus, Apollo Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

29. Extravehicular Mobility Unit Operations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    529

30. By William C. Kincaide, Crew Systems Division, NASA Center Manned Spacecraft

31. LM Touchdown Dynamics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    555

32. By Hugh M.Scott, Apollo Systems Engineering Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

33. Section

    Page

34. Landing Site Selection Criteria ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    573

35. By A. V. Bernard, Jr., Apollo Systems Analysis Department, TRW, Inc.

36. Lunar Landing Site Data Sources and Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    601

37. By John E. Dornbach, Chief, Lunar Surface Technology Branch, Instrumentation and Electronic Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

38. Control of Lunar Surface Contamination and Back Contamination ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    653

39. By Richard H. Kohrs, Apollo Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

40. Thermodynamic Constraints on Lunar Mission Capability ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    653

41. By Jerry W. Craig, Apollo Systems Engineering Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

42. Service Module Reaction Control System Propellant Management ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    673

43. By Owen E. Maynard, Chief,Apollo Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center