NASA EP.National Aeronautics and Space Administration., 1961 - Astronautics |
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ADAPTER SECTION aeronautical and space Agena agency altitude Apollo command module Apollo spacecraft APOLLO STEP astronaut trainees Atlas booster braking rockets Cape Canaveral COMMAND AND SERVICE deployed docking structure earth orbit earth's atmosphere engines entry into earth's equipment module escape tower fired fuel cells Gemini spacecraft Gordon Cooper heat shield instrument panel LAUNCH FROM EARTH launch vehicle Left liquid-hydrogen LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE lunar landing lunar missions lunar orbit rendezvous MAIN PARACHUTE maneuver Mercury astronauts Mercury mission Mercury spacecraft miles per hour moon NASA NATIONAL AERONAUTICS nauts nose Ocean operation orbital flight oxygen paraglider parent craft pilot Project Apollo Project Gemini PROJECT MERCURY propel radar radio reentry module RESEARCH CENTER retrograde module retrorockets return to earth Saturn IB Scott Carpenter second stage service module space activities SPACE ADMINISTRATION space flight program spacecraft and astronaut speed stabilize the craft STAGE JETTISON THIRD STAGE Titan Titan II United weightless
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Page 27 - But in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon — if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
Page 21 - Apollo to a tail-forward position and fire a rocket in the service module to swerve into an approximately 100-mile altitude lunar orbit. As Apollo coasts around the Moon, two crewmen will transfer from the command module to the lunar excursion module. The third man will remain in the command module. The two crewmen will separate their excursion module from the parent craft and fire braking rockets to descend. At low altitude, they will fire their vehicle's tail rockets so that the craft hovers, permitting...
Page 21 - Tn the uncharted blackness of space, they will have to pilot their ship to the moon by taking bearings on stars and other astronomical bodies. They will be aided by navigation and guidance equipment, including a computer, star-seeking devices, and electronic apparatus. Periodically, they will check their own physical and mental conditions and the condition of every piece of operating equipment on board their craft, and make scientific observations. They will report frequently to earth.
Page 14 - Gemini program, its pressuresuited crew may open the hatches and emerge from the spacecraft while in orbit. Moreover, they may push themselves from the craft, and appear to float in space as they speed around the earth at about 18,000 miles per hour. For this operation, they will be tethered to the craft to insure their return.
Page 14 - ... Flight Program The Manned Space Flight program has as its objective the exploration and utilization of space by man. Steps toward this goal involve the development of a capability for extending stay times in space, the development of techniques for rendezvous and docking in space, and the capability for landing men on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth by the end of this decade. Integral with this program is the development of new and powerful large launch vehicles with the associated...