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020 $a9781441971784 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1441971785 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aTL799.M6$bW665 2011
100 1 $aWoods, W. David.
245 10 $aHow Apollo flew to the Moon /$cW. David Woods.
250 $aNew and expanded ed., 2nd ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2011.
300 $axxxi, 555 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aSpringer-praxis books in space exploration
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [525]-528) and index.
505 00 $a1. 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.
505 00 $a3. Launch : a fiery departure -- 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.
505 00 $a9. Preparations for landing -- 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. Down in the dust -- Postlanding -- Suiting up -- Going for a walk -- The lonely world of the CMP -- 12. Exploration at its greatest -- Luna cognita -- Unmanned probes -- Apollo reaches the Moon -- Science on the Moon -- Surface experiments -- Science station in lunar orbit -- The Moon after Apollo -- 13. 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 -- 14. Heading for home -- Mission accomplished... nearly -- Trans-Earth injection -- Subsatellite -- The TEI PAD : a worked example -- Counting down to the burn -- Final AOS -- The long fall to Earth -- A walk outside : EVA.
505 00 $a15. Re-entry -- A fiery return -- In we come : entry from start to finish -- The entry PAD : a worked example -- Final four hours -- Last hour -- Human shooting star : P63 -- Ensuring capture : P64 -- Aiming for the ships : P67 -- Splashdown -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Computer programs -- Appendix 2: Mission data.
610 20 $aProject Apollo (U.S.)
610 20 $aProject Apollo (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aSpace flight to the moon.
650 0 $aSpace flight.
830 0 $aSpringer-Praxis books in space exploration.