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04682cam a2200421 a 4500 001 83D854C42B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090730152813 008 070510s2008 nyuabf b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2007932412 020 $a 0387716750 020 $a 9780387716756 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d YDXCP $d GO3 $d TJC $d IXA $d OCLCQ $d MNY $d CDX $d NOR $d IOE $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a zmo---- 050 4 $a TL799.M6 $b W66 2008 100 1 $a Woods, W. David. 245 1 $a How Apollo flew to the Moon / $c W. David Woods. 260 $a Chichester, U.K. : $b Published in association with Praxis Pub., $c c2008. 300 $a xxvii, 412 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-391) and index. 505 00 $t Goodbye Apollo -- $t Author's preface -- $t Acknowledgements -- $t Foreword -- $g The $t Apollo : an extraordinary adventure -- $g The $t meaning of Apollo -- $t Dreaming of the Moon -- $g The $t Apollo spaceship -- $t Which way? -- $t Lunar orbit rendezvous -- $t Equipment -- $t Swords to ploughshares : von Braun's rockets -- $g 2. The $t Apollo flights : a brief history -- $g An $t alphabet of missions -- $t Failure of imagination -- $t Back in the saddle : Apollo 4 -- $g The $t lunar module flies : Apollo 5 -- $g The $t Saturn balks : Apollo 6 -- $t Testing block II : Apollo 7 -- $t Gutsy decisions : Apollo 8 -- $g A $t complete system test : Apollo 9 -- $g A $t dress rehearsal : Apollo 10 -- $t Task accomplished : Apollo 11 -- $t LIghtning strikes : Apollo 12 -- $g The $t successful failure : Apollo 13 -- $t Try again : Apollo 14 -- $t Exploration at its greatest : Apollo 15 -- $t New knowledge: Apollo 16 -- $g The $t last hurrah : Apollo 17 -- $t Goodbye Apollo -- 505 00 $g The $t Luna close up : burning LOI -- $t Preparations for launch -- $t Lift-off -- $t Getting through the atmosphere -- $t Second stage -- $t Third stage -- $g 4. $t Earth orbit and TLI -- $t Settling into orbit -- $t Around the world in 90 minutes -- $t Coasting around Earth -- $g The $t route to the Moon -- $g 5. $t Retrieving the lander -- $t Leaving Earth -- $t Transposition, docking and extraction -- $t "No latch, Houston" -- $g The $t fate of the S-IVB -- $g 6. $t Navigating to the Moon -- $t Crossing cislunar space -- $t Ground-based tracking -- $t Navigation from the spacecraft -- $g The $t guidance and navigation system -- $g 7. $t Coasting to the Moon -- $t Three men in a submarine -- $t Sustaining life -- $g The $t personal bit -- $t Cool air -- $t PTC : spacecraft on a spit -- $t Stirring the tanks : genesis of a failure -- $t Communications -- $t Telly from the Moon -- $t Checking the lunar module -- $g 8. $t Entering lunar orbit : the LOI manoeuvre -- $g The $t service module -- $t How not to crash into the Moon -- $t Lunar encounter -- $g The $t LOI PAD : it isn't magic -- $g The $t black void -- $t Luna close up : burning LOI -- 505 00 $g A $t walk outside : EVA -- $t Overjoyed -- $g The $t second arrival burn -- $t How not to crash into the Moon -- $g The $t joys of lunar orbit -- $t In the descent orbit -- $t Entering the lunar module -- $t Continuing preparations -- $t Undocking -- $g 10. $t Next stop : the Moon -- $t :Go for the Pro" : the landing begins -- $t Slowing down : P63 -- $t "Hey, there it is!" : pitchover and P64 -- $t "Picking up some dust" : P66 -- $g 11. $t Orbital sojourn : looking at the Moon -- $t Luna cognita -- $t Unmanned probes -- $t Apollo reaches the Moon -- $t Science station in lunar orbit -- $g 12. $t Rendezvous and docking -- $t Orbital mechanics -- $t We have lift-off... from the Moon! -- $t Rendezvous techniques -- $t Braking and station-keeping -- $g A $t long day -- $g The $t role of mission control -- $t Epitaph for the lunar module -- $g 13. $t Heading for home -- $t Mission accomplished... nearly -- $t Trans-Earth injection -- $t Subsatellite -- $g The $t TEI PAD : a worked example -- $t Counting down to the burn -- $g The $t long fall to Earth -- $g A $t walk outside : EVA -- 505 00 $g The $t Index. $g A $t fiery return -- $t In we come : entry from start to finish -- $g The $t entry PAD : a worked example -- $t Entry REFSMMAT -- $t Final four hours -- $t Last hour -- $t Human shooting star : P63 -- $t Ensuring capture : P64 -- $t Aiming for the ships : P67 -- $t Splashdown -- $t Epilogue -- $t Glossary -- $t Further reading -- $t Index. 610 20 $a Project Apollo (U.S.) 610 20 $a Project Apollo (U.S.) $x History. 650 0 $a Space flight to the moon. 650 0 $a Space flight. 941 $a 6 952 $l GLAX641 $d 20231201010425.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706014057.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171229053154.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20100108071422.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=83D854C42B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOEInitiate Another SILO Locator Search