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Author:

Tsiao, Sunny, 1963-

Title:

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

Publisher:

For sale by the Supt. of Docs.U.S. G.P.O.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xlii, 481 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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:

Shipping list no.: 2009-0357-P. Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-401) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Invisible network -- The Early years -- Evolution of a network -- The Mercury Space Flight network -- Preparing for the Moon -- The Apollo years -- Era of change -- A network in space -- The new landscape -- A legacy -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Acronyms, abbreviations, glossary -- Appendix 2: Maps -- Appendix 3: Radio frequency chart -- Appendix 4: Honeysuckle station log for Apollo 11.

Series:

NASA SP ; 2007-4233

ISBN:

0160801915
9780160801914

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85444286

LCCN:

2007007826

Locations:

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