Apollo 10 : The NASA Mission Reports

by Godwin, Robert; United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• ISBN13: 9781896522524
• ISBN10: 1896522521
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Collectors Guide Pub

Summary

The Apollo 8 NASA Mission Reports finally puts in one place four of the most important documents from this triumphant odyssey, The Apollo 8 Press Kit, The Apollo 8 Pre-mission Report and Objectives, The Apollo 8 Supplemental Technical Report and The Apollo 8 Post flight Summary. These four documents show the staggering proportions of the undertaking required to send men into lunar orbit. It is a testament to the ingenuity of the American people and the bold courage of three men.

Table of Contents

APOLLO 10 PRESS KIT
General Release	9	(6)
Mission Objectives	15	(1)
Apollo 10 Countdown	16	(1)
Mission Trajectory and Maneuver Description	17	(14)
Launch Events	18	(1)
Mission Events	18	(1)
Earth Parking Orbit	19	(1)
Translunar Injection	19	(1)
Transposition, Docking and Ejection	19	(3)
Translunar Coast	22	(1)
Lunar Orbit Insertion	22	(1)
Lunar Parking Orbit & LM-Active Rendezvous	22	(5)
Rendezvous Sequence	27	(3)
Transearch Injection	30	(1)
Transearth Coast	30	(1)
Entry Landing	30	(1)
Recovery Operations	31	(2)
Apollo 10 Alternate Missions	33	(2)
Abort Modes	35	(2)
Deep Space Aborts	36	(1)
Apollo 10 Go/No-Go Decision Points	37	(1)
Onboard Television	37	(1)
Apollo 10 Photographic Tasks	38	(1)
Lunar Description	39	(3)
Apollo Lunar Landing Sites	39	(3)
Command and Service Module Structures, Systems	42	(5)
CSM Systems	42	(5)
Lunar Module Structures, Weight	47	(6)
Ascent Stage	47	(3)
Descent Stage	50	(1)
Lunar Module Systems	51	(2)
Saturnv Launch Vehicle Description & Operation	53	(5)
First Stage	53	(1)
Second Stage	54	(1)
Third Stage	55	(1)
Instrument Unit	55	(1)
Propulsion	56	(1)
Launch Vehicle Instrumentation and Communication	57	(1)
S-IVB Restart	57	(1)
Apollo 10 Crew	58	(10)
Life Support Equipment Space Suits	58	(3)
Meals	61	(2)
Personal Hygiene	63	(1)
Survival Gear	64	(1)
Biomedical Inflight Monitoring	64	(1)
Rest-Work Cycles	64	(1)
Training	65	(1)
Crew Biographies	66	(2)
Apollo Launch Operations	68	(2)
Prelaunch Preparations	68	(2)
Launch Complex 39	70	(6)
Vehicle Assembly Building	71	(1)
Launch Control Center	71	(1)
Mobile Launcher	72	(1)
Transporter	73	(1)
Crawlerway	73	(1)
Mobile Service Structure	74	(1)
Water Deluge System	74	(1)
Flame Trench and Deflector	74	(1)
Pad Areas	75	(1)
Mission Control Center	75	(1)
Manned Space Flight Network	76	(7)
NASA Communications Network	80	(1)
Network Computers	80	(1)
The Apollo Ships	81	(1)
Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA)	81	(1)
Ship Positions for Apollo 10	82	(1)
Apollo Program Management	83	(3)
Apollo/Saturn Officials	83	(2)
Major Apollo/Saturn V Contractors	85	(1)
Apollo Glossary	86	(3)
Apollo Acronyms and Abbreviations	89	(1)
Conversion Factors	90	(86)
MISSION OPERATION REPORT APOLLO 10 (AS-505) MISSION
Memorandum	93	(1)
The Apollo 10 Mission	94	(1)
Program Developmen	95	(1)
NASA OMSF Primary Mission Objectives for Apollo 10	96	(1)
Detailed Test Objectives	97	(1)
Launch Countdown and Turnaround Capability, AS-505	98	(2)
Detailed Flight Mission Description	100	(11)
Launch Windows	100	(1)
Lunar Landing Sites	100	(1)
Nominal Mission	100	(1)
First Period Of Activity	101	(4)
Second Period Of Activity	105	(1)
Third Period Of Activity	105	(5)
Fourth Period Of Activity	110	(1)
Fifth Period Of Activity	111	(1)
Contingency Operations	111	(5)
General	111	(2)
Aborts	113	(1)
Launch	113	(1)
Earth Parking Orbit	113	(1)
Translunar Injection	114	(1)
Translunar Coast	114	(1)
Lunar Orbit Insertion	115	(1)
Lunar Orbit	115	(1)
Transearth Injection	115	(1)
Transearth Coast	115	(1)
Entry	115	(1)
Alternate Mission Summary	116	(3)
Space Vehicle Description	119	(2)
Spacecraf Description	121	(4)
Configuration Differences	125	(1)
Human System Provisions	126	(1)
Launch Complex	126	(1)
Mission Support	127	(1)
Recovery Support Plan	128	(7)
Flight Crew	135	(3)
Back-up Crew	138	(2)
Mission Management Responsibility	140	(1)
Program Management	140	(1)
Abbreviations	141	(8)
POST LAUNCH MISSION OPERATION REPORT
Memorandum	149	(1)
Prelaunch	150	(1)
First Period	150	(1)
Second Period	151	(1)
Third Period	151	(1)
Fourth Period	152	(1)
Fifth Period	153	(1)
Sixth Period	153	(1)
Systems Performance	153	(1)
Flight Crew Performance	154	(9)
POST LAUNCH MISSION REPORT NO. 2
Memorandum	163	(1)
Primary Mission Objectives for Apollo 10	164	(1)
Results Of Apollo 10 Mission	164	(12)
TECHNICAL DEBRIEFING
Suiting and Ingress	176	(1)
Status Checks and Countdown	176	(1)
Powered Flight	176	(6)
Earth Orbit and Systems Checkout	182	(1)
Tli Through S IVB Closeout	183	(3)
Translunar Coast	186	(4)
Loi Through Lunar Module Ingress	190	(3)
Lunar Module Checkout Through Separation	193	(7)
Command Module	193	(3)
Lunar Module	196	(4)
Doi Through Rendezvous	200	(12)
Lunar Module Jettison Through Tei	212	(4)
Transearth Coast	216	(3)
Entry	219	(2)
Landing and Recovery	221	(1)
Command Module Systems Operations	222	(5)
Guidance and Navigation	222	(1)
Stabilization and Control System	223	(1)
Service Propulsion System	223	(1)
Reaction Control System	223	(1)
Electrical Power System	224	(1)
Environmental Control System	225	(1)
Telecommunications	226	(1)
Mechanical	227	(1)
Lunar Module Systems Operations	227	(6)
Guidance and Navigation	227	(2)
Pgncs	227	(1)
Ags	228	(1)
Propulsion System	229	(1)
Descent	229	(1)
Ascent	229	(1)
Reaction Control System	230	(1)
Electrical Power System	230	(1)
Environmental Control System	230	(2)
Telecommunications	232	(1)
Miscellaneous Systems, Flight Equipment, and GFE	233	(9)
Visual Sightings	242	(1)
Premission Planning	243	(1)
Mission Control	244	(1)
Training	245	(4)
Human Factors	249	(3)
Concluding Comments	252	(6)
Onboard Crew Comments	258