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Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle Operations Handbook

Author : Nasa
Publisher : Periscope Film LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781937684891
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle Operations Handbook written by Nasa and published by Periscope Film LLC. This book was released on 2012 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed in only 17 months at a cost of 38 million dollars, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) greatly expanded the survey range of the astronauts on Apollo 15, 16 and 17. Designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon, the LRV boasted an ingenious design that allowed it to be folded up and stored inside the Lunar Module. It would then be deployed using a system of pulleys and brake reels. The LRV's frame was made of aluminum alloy 2219 tubing assemblies, giving the vehicle a fairly small mass of 210kg but allowing it to carry up to 490kg on the lunar surface. The LRV's lightweight tires were made of zinc-coated steel strands with titanium chevrons and aluminum hubs, and offered a ground clearance of 36cm. The LRV featured two side-by-side, foldable seats, a TV camera, and a dish antenna. Four independent DC motors - one for each wheel - powered by two 36-volt batteries provided maneuvering power. Both sets of wheels could be used to steer, although they could also be decoupled. For safety reasons, astronauts never drove the LRV a distance farther from the LM than they could safely walk in the unlikely event that the rover failed. On each of the three day missions that it was employed, the LRV was used daily for three traverses. The longest was on Apollo 17, when it was driven 20.1km, and it traveled a total of 35.9km on that mission. The total distance traveled by all three LRVs was 90.4km. Almost all of it was done without incident, although some damage to the fender extensions caused dust problems on Apollo 16 and 17. Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 praised the design and operation of the vehicle, saying "...the Lunar Rover proved to be the reliable, safe and flexible lunar exploration vehicle we expected it to be." Originally created for the astronauts by prime contractor Boeing, this Lunar Roving Vehicle Operations Handbook describes the LRV and its systems, and details the deployment and driving procedures. It also details the 1-gravity LRV used to train astronauts on Earth. A lengthy appendix provides performance and other data.

Lunar Roving Vehicle Operations Handbook

Author : Nasa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781523370351
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Lunar Roving Vehicle Operations Handbook written by Nasa and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBK EXTRA

Author : NASA
Publisher : Periscope Film LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781940453514
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book APOLLO OPERATIONS HANDBK EXTRA written by NASA and published by Periscope Film LLC. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of eighteen years of design and research, the A7L and A7LB spacesuits served during the Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz missions. Designed by International Latex Corporation (ILC) Dover and with a life support backpack provided by Hamilton Standard, the A7L featured a water-cooled undergarment, an inner blue pressurized layer, and a tough white nylon outer hull. After the disastrous Apollo I fire, ILC produced a version that utilized beta cloth that is fire resistant up to 650 degrees Celsius. Two basic versions of the suit were used during Apollo: an EV A7L configuration for the command module pilot (CMP) that provided low pressure and fire protection as well as protection for free-space EVA, and the EV A7L PGA configuration that provided additional protection from the lunar surface environment. Apollo 7-14 used the A7L design that provided six hours of primary and thirty minutes of emergency life support. The longer ""J"" missions 15, 16 and 17 utilized the A7LB suit that extended primary life support by an hour, and also featured additional joints to facilitate operation of the lunar roving vehicle. CMPs on these missions wore A7LB based H-series A7L suits, as they needed to perform EVAs to retrieve film from the Scientific Instrument Module in ""deep space."" Modified A7LBs were also used during both Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz. Created by NASA in 1968 and revised in 1971 for the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions, this handbook explains the extravehicular mobility unit, its subsystems, accessories and operation, as well as emergency procedures. Originally printed in two volumes by NASA, this version incorporates both in one book.

Lunar and Planetary Rovers

Author : Anthony Young
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387685472
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Lunar and Planetary Rovers written by Anthony Young and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills a need for a complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17, drawing on many photographs never before published. It also tells the story of the robotic rovers used on Mars, and concludes with a description of the new designs of rovers planned for The New Vision for Exploration now underway at NASA. The book provides extensive quotes from the astronauts who drove the LRV on the Moon from interviews conducted especially for the book. It also details new material from interviews of engineers and managers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory covering the robotic rovers, Sojourner, Sprit and Opportunity.

Next Stop Mars

Author : Giancarlo Genta
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319443119
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Next Stop Mars written by Giancarlo Genta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the possible manned mission to Mars first discussed in the 1950s and still a topic of much debate, addressing historic and future plans to visit the Red Planet. Considering the environmental dangers and the engineering and design needed for a successful trip, it covers every aspect of a possible mission and outpost. The chapters explain the motivations behind the plan to go to Mars, as well as the physical factors that astronauts on manned missions will face on Mars and in transit. The author provides a comprehensive exposure to the infrastructure needs on Mars itself, covering an array of facilities including power sources, as well as addressing earth-based communication networks that will be necessary. Mechanisms for return to Earth are also addressed. As the reality of a manned Mars voyage becomes more concrete, the details are still largely up in the air. This book presents an overview of proposed approaches past, present, and future, both from NASA and, increasingly, from other space agencies and private companies. It clearly displays the challenges and the ingenious solutions involved in reaching Mars with human explorers.

Lunar Rover Manual

Author : Christopher Riley
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9780857332677
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Lunar Rover Manual written by Christopher Riley and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the popular Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual space series, which includes NASA Apollo 11 Manual and NASA Space Shuttle Manual, this unique book provides an insight into the only car ever built to be driven on the surface of another world. With a Foreword by the first Apollo astronaut to drive it on the Moon, Dave Scott, and published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of mankind’s final drive on the Moon in December 2012. The book is part mechanical guide, illustrated with many of the technical drawings from the time, and part narrative-driven story of engineering ingenuity and human triumph. It draws on the rich NASA photographic archive and the complete transcripts of the crews' reaction to driving across the Moon, which the authors have an un-paralleled knowledge and experience of working with.

The Automotive Chassis

Author : Giancarlo Genta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 140208675X
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Automotive Chassis written by Giancarlo Genta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-26 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work serves as a reference concerning the automotive chassis, i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body. It is the result of a decade of work mostly done by the FIAT group, who supplied material, together with other automotive companies, and sponsored the work. The first volume deals with the design of automotive components and the second volume treats the various aspects of the design of a vehicle as a system.

America in Space

Author : Russell R. Tobias
Publisher : Magill Bibliographies
ISBN 13 : 9780810828131
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book America in Space written by Russell R. Tobias and published by Magill Bibliographies. This book was released on 1995-05 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly annotated entries are arranged by subject and indexed by author. Most titles are generally available in public or college libraries; the many NASA publications may be obtained from government depository libraries. Intended as a research guide for high school and college students. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Walking to Olympus

Author : David S. F. Portree
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Walking to Olympus written by David S. F. Portree and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

NASA Moon Missions Operations Manual

Author : Dr. David Baker
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9781785212109
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book NASA Moon Missions Operations Manual written by Dr. David Baker and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing by Apollo 11. The story of Apollo has been told many times, but most accounts stop at the first landing. This book picks up where others have left off, and describes the five post-Apollo 11 Moon landings, defined as technical developments built upon engineering excellence. It was only through the robust design adopted when aerospace contractors first designed and built the Apollo spacecraft and the Lunar Module that successive evolutions were possible, taking lunar-landing operations far beyond what had first been envisaged. This book is not intended to tell the full story of each mission, but rather to describe the technical development of spacecraft and equipment necessary to grow the capability from a single EVA (‘moonwalk’) of less than three hours, to advanced missions where astronauts spent three full working days exploring their landing sites. With the aid of a Lunar Roving Vehicle, they collected a wide variety of rocks and soil and left a range of instruments at the surface powered by a thermonuclear generator. As interest grows in humans returning to the Moon, 50 years on from those pioneering days of lunar exploration, we look again at what was accomplished at the dawn of the Space Age, spurred on by a political goal and developed as a tool for science. The story of the Apollo Moon missions is an expression of those achievements.

Lunar Sourcebook

Author : Grant Heiken
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521334440
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Lunar Sourcebook written by Grant Heiken and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1991-04-26 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.

Early Exploration of the Moon

Author : Tom Lund
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030020711
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Early Exploration of the Moon written by Tom Lund and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-26 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luna 2, launched by the USSR in 1959, was the first spacecraft from Earth to land on the moon. That first voyage was followed by increasingly capable lunar exploration spacecraft from Russia and the United States. A total of 36 successful lunar exploration missions were conducted from 1959 to the last Apollo manned exploration in 1972 and the final travels of the Lunokhod lunar rover in 1973. Of all the missions, that of Apollo 17 was the pinnacle of manned space exploration. Apollo 17 astronauts traveled 21 miles on the lunar surface in a dune buggy-type vehicle, stopping frequently to explore and gather samples. The spacecraft that enabled lunar exploration were ingenious, and reflected the best efforts of talented people working with the technology of the day. This book showcases the engineering involved in those incredible machines. The spacecraft covered, and their missions, are listed below. From the United States: • Ranger – Photography en route to lunar impact • Lunar Orbiter – Photography of front and back side of moon • Surveyor – Soft landing, photography, and soil analysis • Apollo – Manned exploration. Lunar Rover expanded range From the USSR: • Luna 2 – Photography en route to lunar impact • Luna 3 – Photography of back side of moon on flyby • Luna 9 and 13 – Soft landing, photography, and soil analysis • Luna 10, 11, 12, 14 – Photography from lunar orbit • Luna 16, 20, 24 – Soft landing, return of soil sample to Earth • Lunokhod-1, -2 – Lunar roving vehicle driven from Earth • L1 – Planned manned lunar flyby but only flew unmanned • L3 – Planned manned lunar landing but never flew to moon To tell the story of these spacecraft, Tom Lund draws on over 40 years’ work on aircraft and spacecraft systems. He was technical lead for the landing radars for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft, and his practical experience is augmented by master’s degrees in electrical engineering, physics, and business administration.

Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology, and Heritage

Author : Ann Darrin
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420084320
Total Pages : 1035 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology, and Heritage written by Ann Darrin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-06-26 with total page 1035 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some might think that the 27 thousand tons of material launched by earthlings into outer space is nothing more than floating piles of debris. However, when looking at these artifacts through the eyes of historians and anthropologists, instead of celestial pollution, they are seen as links to human history and heritage. Space: The New Frontier for Archeologists Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology and Heritage, published this month by CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, brings together 43 anthropologists, historians, physicists, and engineers, a scientific team as culturally diverse as the crew of any science fiction cruiser. They offer a range of novel historical and technological perspectives on humankind’s experience in space. This ambitious work presents an informative, thought-provoking, and educational text that discusses the evolution of space engineering, spacecraft reliability and forensics, field techniques, and mission planning, as well as space programs for the future. The book is edited by a pair of scientists from different sides of the campus: Ann Garrison Darrin, aerospace engineer and NASA veteran and Beth Laura O’Leary, anthropologist and member of the World Archaeological Congress Space Heritage Task Force. The handbook delves into the evolution of space archaeology and heritage, including the emerging fields of Archaeoastronomy, Ethnoastronomy, and Cultural Astronomy. It also covers space basics and the history of the space age from Sputnik to modern day satellites. It discusses the cultural landscape of space, including orbital artifacts in space, as well as objects left on planetary surfaces and includes a look at the culture of Apollo as a catalog of manned exploration of the moon. It also considers the application of forensic investigation to the solving of cold case mysteries including failed Mars mission landing sites and lost spacecraft, and even investigates the archaeology of the putative Roswell UFO crash site and appraises material culture in science fiction.

Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Author : British Interplanetary Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the British Interplanetary Society written by British Interplanetary Society and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bound with vol. 1- , 1934- , is the Society's annual report and list of members, 1934- .

ALSEP Termination Report

Author : James R. Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ALSEP Termination Report written by James R. Bates and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of Space Exploration

Author : Stephen O'Meara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192526596
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Space Exploration written by Stephen O'Meara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 2,300 entries, this fascinating and expansive dictionary covers all aspects of space exploration, from A-Train to Zvezda. This jargon-free new edition has been fully revised and updated to take into account the new developments in space exploration on an international scale over the last thirteen years, with new entries such as Hitomi, Space X Dragon, and Ariane 5 Rocket. All entries are fully cross-referenced for ease of use, and are supported by over 75 photographs, illustrations, and diagrams. In addition to the main definitions, this new edition also contains links to over 250 space-related websites. This authoritative, comprehensive, and clear dictionary is essential reading for anyone with an interest in astronomy and space travel.

Mobility Performance of the Lunar Roving Vehicle

Author : Nicholas C. Costes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Mobility Performance of the Lunar Roving Vehicle written by Nicholas C. Costes and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The constraints of the Apollo 15 mission dictated that the average and limiting performance capabilities of the first manned Lunar Roving Vehicle, when operated on the lunar vehicle, be known or estimated within narrow margins. For this reason, extensive studies were conducted during the year preceding the Apollo 15 launch and are described herein. The results of these studies are compared with the actual performance of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the Apollo 15 mission. From this comparison, conclusions are drawn relating to the capabilities and limitations of current terrestrial methodology in predicting the mobility performance of lunar roving vehicles under in-situ environmental conditions, and recommendations are offered concerning the performance of surface vehicles on future missions related to lunar or planetary exploration.