Publication date 20180106 usage attributionno derivative works 3. The complete fdf is composed of all of the official flight plan, checklists, cue cards, maps, and star charts carried aboard apollo 15, and features handwritten notes made by the. The mission was also the first to the vicinity of the moon and was the continuation of a program to develop manned lunar landing capability. This 353page document is the entire apollo 11 flight plan in all its scientific glory. The apollo 8 mission was the eighth in a series of flights using apollospecification hardware, the second manned flight of a block ii spacecraft, and the first manned flight using a saturn launch vehicle. It was the minutebyminute plan that put the first men on the moon in july 1969.
Flight plan from legendary apollo mission to be auctioned. Alsep termination report 8 mb pdf file apollo 14 mission overview lunar and planetary institute apollo 14 mission summary kennedy space center apollo 14 lunar surface journal transcript of apollo 14 communications apollo 14 flight journal transcript of apollo 14 flight communications apollo 14 preliminary science report pdf. Audio was reconstructed manually from the original tape. After the first successful landing, sufficient flight hardware remained for nine followon landings with a plan for extended lunar geological and astrophysical exploration. The plan provides general notes on the mission, a detailed timeline, consumables analysis, detailed test objectives, and a flight plan summary. Read the apollo 11 flight plan in its 353page entirety. This primary source comes from the records of the national aeronautics and space administration.
Following the jesse reed and hamish smyth duos reprint project of nasa graphics standards manual on kickstarter last year, the australian publisher, reproduction io, has also recently launched a reprint project for apollo 11 flight plan on kickstarter. Use the links on this page to download the latest version of xerox workcentre pro wia scanner drivers. Apollo and its still attached saturn v third stage called the sivbwere thoroughly checked while in orbit. Apollo 11 flight plan track info apollo 11 flight plan national aeronautics and space administration nasa. Staplebound apollo 8 flight plan manual entitled final flight plan, apollo 8, as503csm103, 233 pages, 8 x 10. All functions designed into these systems to support the lunar landing have been checked successfully during 420 hours 17l 2 days of equipment operations in space flight including 22. Apollo 14 was the eighth crewed mission in the united states apollo program, the third to land on the moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. Apollo postlaunch mission operations report, 19700428. Original provided by the smithsonian national air and space museum. And if it gets a little confusing its because this is one of those rare cases where, yes, it actually is. Apollo 12 flight plan pdf document courtesy bob andrepont last revised 4 march 20.
Apollo 14 csm systems data, changes a to d, 19710121 pdf file 3. Flight question apollo flight plans for apollo 8, 10 and. This flight plan is not to be reproduced without the written approval of the chief, flight crew support division. The flight plan was a minutebyminute time line of activities for the apollo 11 mission crew. This collection is comprised of the flight data file fdf and the lunar module cue cards that were used by commander david scott during the apollo 15 lunar mission that took place between july 26 and august 7, 1971.
The matter is that imfd manual comes with tli burn times for missions apollo 11 through 17, but not for apollo 8 or 10. Apollo ran from 1961 to 1972, with the first crewed flight in 1968. This a clip from the movie appolo starring kevin bacon and tom hanks about the nasa crew working out their flight plan. To reproduce the apollo 11 flight plan in the most accurate way possible. Apollo 12 flight plan and nasa publications 7 original nasa publications from apollo 12 not flownprice. Apollo 11 flight plan reissue blackbird automotive journal. The apollo 3 flight plan is under the configuration control of the crew procedures control board cpcb. The apollo 11 flight plan is under the configuration control of the crew procedures control board cpcb. The apollo flight journal has the apollo flight plan up to the explosion, and a revised flight plan thereafter is the complete original apollo flight plan online somewhere. Apollo 14 flight plan free ebook download as pdf file.
Reproduction io is raising funds for apollo 11 flight plan reissue on kickstarter. The apollo 11 flight plan 50th anniversary reprint on kickstarter. Apollo 14 voice transcript pertaining to the geology of the landing site 1975 nasatmx72962, 151 pages. Apollo 15 voice transcript pertaining to the geology of the landing site 1975 nasacr145820, 235 pages. By lordgreylock in forum windows phone accessories eda46000 eda66380 afd afd. Is there anyone who has any of the following documents and is willing to share scans of them for the journals. The official fight manual for the first manned mission to the moon, apollo 11. The flight plan for apollo 11 was a minutebyminute time line of activities for the mission crewneil armstrong, mike collins, and edwin buzz aldrinand mission control in houston. Apollo 11 flight plan for 1st moon landing getting. Items that require a change to the flight data file. Apollo 14 demonstrated spaceflight challenges are solvable. The flight plan used aboard the apollo command module wasnt just along for.
Records of the national aeronautics and space administration. It was the last of the h missions, targeted landings with twoday stays on the moon with two lunar evas, or moonwalks. A minor malfunction could turn the flight into a simple earthorbital mission or a quick loop around the moon. Juli 1969 and it is detailed description of the entire mission to the moon. The original 1969 apollo 11 flight plan, restored and reprinted in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Enlarge pdf link apollo 11 flight plan apollo 11 flight plan. Apollo 12 voice transcript pertaining to the geology of the landing site 1975 nasacr145520, 179 pages. It includes precise time plans minute by minute for the days of the mission, infographics depicting the communication systems, the calculations for the series of maneuvers of the spacecraft etc. Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing enlarge detail of apollo 11 flight plan view in national archives catalog the flight plan for apollo 11 was a minutebyminute time line of activities for the mission crewneil armstrong, mike collins, and edwin buzz aldrinand mission control in houston. Apollo 12 flight plan this document was prepared for a 14 november 1969 launch date and is dated 15 october 1969. The f14 went into service in 1970 and continued to dominate the skies all the way until 2006. Apollo 8 was the third flight and the first crewed launch of the saturn v rocket, and was the first human spaceflight from the kennedy space center, located adjacent to cape canaveral air force station in florida. Special thanks to author david harland for providing this one.
One thing that might be worth adding is under the not to scale part, mention than if the earth is to scale, the moon appears 50% larger than it should, and the distance between the 2 should be 7 times as large. Apollo 8 mission overview lunar and planetary institute. This flight plan for apollo 11 was a minutebyminute time line of activities for the mission crew. This 1977 manual gave navy flyboys information on the aircrafts flight operations and weapons systems.
The chief, flight planning branch fcsd will determine what proposed changes fall in the above categories. The trajectory parameters used in this flight plan are for july 16, 1969 launch, with a 72 launch azimuth and were supplied by mission planning and analysis division as defined by the apollo mission g spacecraft operational trajectory. Ive begun to work on an apollo 14 flight journal and to properly decode the transcripts, i need copies of the flight documents flight plan and checklists. It encountered a major setback in 1967 when an apollo 1 cabin fire killed the entire crew during a prelaunch test. And the biggest problem is that there is only an accurate flight plan for apollo 11. Apollo 8 launched on december 21, 1968, and was the second crewed spaceflight mission flown in the united states apollo space program after apollo 7, which stayed in earth orbit. Apollo 12 crew training the moons hell q crater, as imaged by the lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera lroc camera aboard nasas lunar reconnaissance orbiter spacecraft, which. Apollo 11 flight plan enlarged and digitally remastered. Now, almost 50 years later, nasas apollo 11 flight plan is being relaunched on. Apollo 8 is not so timestricted, but apollo 10 is, because historically it almost landed where apollo 11 would. Separate page index with emergency checklist pages from checklist serial no. Commander alan shepard, command module pilot stuart roosa, and lunar module pilot edgar mitchell launched on their nineday. Press kit part 1 pdf press kit part 2 pdf flight plan pdf mission evaluation plan pdf apollo 11 liftoff video apollo 11 lunar landing video apollo 11 lunar orbit rendezvous video apollo 12.
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