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Author:

Tsiao, Sunny, 1963-

Title:

"Read you loud and clear!" [electronic resource] : the story of NASA's spaceflight tracking and data network / by Sunny Tsiao.

Format:

[electronic resource] :

Publisher:

National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA History Division, Office of External Relations,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

1 online resource ([527] p.) : ill. (some col.).

Subject:

United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History.
Project Apollo (U.S.)--History.
Ground support systems (Astronautics)--History.
Space vehicles--History.--History.

Other Authors:

United States. NASA History Division

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 2, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-401) and index.

Contents:

Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Invisible network -- 1: Early years -- 2: Evolution of a network -- 3: Mercury Space Flight network -- 4: Preparing for the moon -- 5: Apollo years -- 6: Era of change -- 7: Network in space -- 8: New landscape -- 9: Legacy -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Acronyms, abbreviations, glossary -- Appendix 2: Maps -- Appendix 3: Radio frequency chart -- Appendix 4: Honeysuckle station log for Apollo 11 -- Index -- NASA history series.

Series:

NASA SP ; 2007-4232 [i.e. 2007-4233]

OCLC:

(OCoLC)535873478

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)