Apollo Mission Control

The Making of a National Historic Landmark

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried, Manfred Dutch Von Ehrenfried, Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried

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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 describes the rooms of people supporting this control center;

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-07-04
Mått168 x 240 x 15 mm
Vikt550 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringer Praxis Books
Antal sidor285
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319766836

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Dutch Von Ehrenfried has worked in both the spaceflight and aviation fields for about 25 years. He was a NASA Flight Controller in Mission Control for many Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Missions. Dutch also worked on some of the Apollo Lunar Experiment Packages from an operations point of view as well as experiments that went into Skylab from an Earth Resources Program perspective. He later worked in the NASA Headquarters Space Station Task Force and the Program Office as a contractor for about 10 years, and the FAA Aviation Safety Office for a year. In recent years, he has written several books in the Springer-Praxis series.

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.