Apollo Mission Control | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9783319766836 | Apollo Mission Control | The Making of a National Historic Landmark

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This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America's space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It is now a National Historic Landmark and is being restored to a level which represents the day the flight control teams walked out after the last lunar landing missions.
The book is dedicated to the estimated 3,000 men and women who supported the flights and tells the story from their perspective. It describes the rooms of people supporting this control center; those rooms of engineers, analysts and scientists most people never knew about. Some called it a "shrine" and some called it a "cathedral." Now it will be restored to its former glory and soon thousands will be able to view the place where America flew to the moon.

Über den Autor

Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried worked in the spaceflight, aviation and nuclear fields for about 25 years. He was a member of the original NASA Space Task Group for Project Mercury and was a NASA Flight Controller in the Mission Control Center for many Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Missions. He also worked on some of the Apollo Lunar Experiment Packages. He also worked in the NASA Headquarters Space Station Task Force and the Program Office as a contractor for 10 years.

As the sensor operator on the NASA High Altitude Aircraft, he worked with scientists to determine how best to obtain the data they wanted from their instruments and develop a flight plan to achieve their objectives. The sensors included infrared scanners and spectrometers, radiometers, multispectral cameras, large format cameras and other prototype systems. These flights were from 60,000 to 70,000 feet and required the use of full pressure suits. In conjunction with this work, he was an Apollo Pressure Suit test subject which included tests in the Zero G aircraft, centrifuge, and vacuum chamber. As part of this work, he was the NASA MSC Chief of Science Requirements and Operations Branch. He is currently a Board Member of the Manned Spaceflight Operations Association.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontispiece.- Dedication.- Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Mission Control Concepts.- Chapter 3: The Original Mission Control Center.- Chapter 4: A Control Center for the Future.- Chapter 5: From Concepts to Reality.- Chapter 6: The Missions.- Chapter 7: The People.- Chapter 8: Abandoned in Place.- Chapter 9: Restoration.- Chapter 10: The 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing.- Appendix 1 Key Correspondence.- Appendix 2 Mission Manning Lists.- Appendix 3 Women Flight Controllers.- Appendix 4 Chronology of Events.- Appendix 5 Photos and Graphics.- Appendix 6 Quotes.- Appendix 7 Original MCC Contractors.- Appendix 8 In Memory of Our Colleagues.- References.- Glossary.- About the Author.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Technik allgemein
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Springer Praxis Books
Inhalt:	xv 285 S. 83 s/w Illustr. 81 farbige Illustr. 285 p. 164 illus. 81 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319766836
ISBN-10:	331976683X
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-76683-6
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ehrenfried, Manfred "Dutch" von
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG Springer Praxis Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	240 x 168 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.07.2018
Gewicht:	0,584 kg