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LUNAR MODULE – Apollo Spacecraft News Reference. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. of Bethpage, Long Island, 1966.
A Lunar Module (LM) news media guide signed by moonwalkers, Lunar Module pilots, and additional Apollo astronauts.
The “APOLLO SPACECRAFT” tab is SIGNED and INSCRIBED with individual Apollo mission numbers by: Buzz ALDRIN, Alan BEAN, Edgar MITCHELL, Charles DUKE, Fred HAISE, Rusty SCHWEICKART, Tom STAFFORD, Walt CUNNINGHAM, Wally SCHIRRA, Al WORDEN, and Gordon COOPER. This comprises four lunar surface explorers (Aldrin, Bean, Mitchell and Duke), three astronauts who flew the Lunar Module, and four further Apollo astronauts.
10 by 11.5 inches. Approximately 200 pp. With numerous illustrations and diagrams including a large (11 by 25 inch) foldout sheet of the LM control panel identifying some one hundred switches, knobs, dials, and other instrumentation. There is a 48-page section on the LM Guidance and Control detailing lunar landing which provides details on operations performed in the Apollo 11 LM Timeline Book. 14 gray tinted tabbed section dividers. Original dark blue vinyl three-ring binder, the front cover with illustration of the Lunar Module and a full moon, in silver and white.
A Lunar Module (LM) news media guide signed by moonwalkers, Lunar Module pilots, and additional Apollo astronauts.
The “APOLLO SPACECRAFT” tab is SIGNED and INSCRIBED with individual Apollo mission numbers by: Buzz ALDRIN, Alan BEAN, Edgar MITCHELL, Charles DUKE, Fred HAISE, Rusty SCHWEICKART, Tom STAFFORD, Walt CUNNINGHAM, Wally SCHIRRA, Al WORDEN, and Gordon COOPER. This comprises four lunar surface explorers (Aldrin, Bean, Mitchell and Duke), three astronauts who flew the Lunar Module, and four further Apollo astronauts.
10 by 11.5 inches. Approximately 200 pp. With numerous illustrations and diagrams including a large (11 by 25 inch) foldout sheet of the LM control panel identifying some one hundred switches, knobs, dials, and other instrumentation. There is a 48-page section on the LM Guidance and Control detailing lunar landing which provides details on operations performed in the Apollo 11 LM Timeline Book. 14 gray tinted tabbed section dividers. Original dark blue vinyl three-ring binder, the front cover with illustration of the Lunar Module and a full moon, in silver and white.
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Topics separated by section dividers include the LM and Command/Service Module, crew personal equipment, environmental control, spacecraft controls and displays, and the flight computer plus other guidance. Propulsion topics cover the descent and ascent engines plus the small attitude control thrusters. Additional systems described are electrical power, communications, instrumentations, spacecraft lighting, and a detailed glossary.
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