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Author:

Woods, W. David.

Title:

How Apollo flew to the Moon / W. David Woods.

Publisher:

Published in association with Praxis Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxvii, 412 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)--History.
Space flight to the moon.
Space flight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-391) and index.

Contents:

Goodbye Apollo -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- The Apollo : an extraordinary adventure -- The meaning of Apollo -- Dreaming of the Moon -- The Apollo spaceship -- Which way? -- Lunar orbit rendezvous -- Equipment -- Swords to ploughshares : von Braun's rockets -- 2. The Apollo flights : a brief history -- An alphabet of missions -- Failure of imagination -- Back in the saddle : Apollo 4 -- The lunar module flies : Apollo 5 -- The Saturn balks : Apollo 6 -- Testing block II : Apollo 7 -- Gutsy decisions : Apollo 8 -- A complete system test : Apollo 9 -- A dress rehearsal : Apollo 10 -- Task accomplished : Apollo 11 -- LIghtning strikes : Apollo 12 -- The successful failure : Apollo 13 -- Try again : Apollo 14 -- Exploration at its greatest : Apollo 15 -- New knowledge: Apollo 16 -- The last hurrah : Apollo 17 -- Goodbye Apollo --
The Luna close up : burning LOI -- Preparations for launch -- Lift-off -- Getting through the atmosphere -- Second stage -- Third stage -- 4. Earth orbit and TLI -- Settling into orbit -- Around the world in 90 minutes -- Coasting around Earth -- The route to the Moon -- 5. Retrieving the lander -- Leaving Earth -- Transposition, docking and extraction -- "No latch, Houston" -- The fate of the S-IVB -- 6. Navigating to the Moon -- Crossing cislunar space -- Ground-based tracking -- Navigation from the spacecraft -- The guidance and navigation system -- 7. Coasting to the Moon -- Three men in a submarine -- Sustaining life -- The personal bit -- Cool air -- PTC : spacecraft on a spit -- Stirring the tanks : genesis of a failure -- Communications -- Telly from the Moon -- Checking the lunar module -- 8. Entering lunar orbit : the LOI manoeuvre -- The service module -- How not to crash into the Moon -- Lunar encounter -- The LOI PAD : it isn't magic -- The black void -- Luna close up : burning LOI --
A walk outside : EVA -- Overjoyed -- The second arrival burn -- How not to crash into the Moon -- The joys of lunar orbit -- In the descent orbit -- Entering the lunar module -- Continuing preparations -- Undocking -- 10. Next stop : the Moon -- :Go for the Pro" : the landing begins -- Slowing down : P63 -- "Hey, there it is!" : pitchover and P64 -- "Picking up some dust" : P66 -- 11. Orbital sojourn : looking at the Moon -- Luna cognita -- Unmanned probes -- Apollo reaches the Moon -- Science station in lunar orbit -- 12. Rendezvous and docking -- Orbital mechanics -- We have lift-off... from the Moon! -- Rendezvous techniques -- Braking and station-keeping -- A long day -- The role of mission control -- Epitaph for the lunar module -- 13. Heading for home -- Mission accomplished... nearly -- Trans-Earth injection -- Subsatellite -- The TEI PAD : a worked example -- Counting down to the burn -- The long fall to Earth -- A walk outside : EVA --
The Index. A fiery return -- In we come : entry from start to finish -- The entry PAD : a worked example -- Entry REFSMMAT -- Final four hours -- Last hour -- Human shooting star : P63 -- Ensuring capture : P64 -- Aiming for the ships : P67 -- Splashdown -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index.

ISBN:

0387716750
9780387716756

LCCN:

2007932412

Locations:

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

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)