Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: On The Moon With Apollo 16 - A Guidebook to the Descartes Region
    Unavailable
    Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: On The Moon With Apollo 16 - A Guidebook to the Descartes Region
    Unavailable
    Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: On The Moon With Apollo 16 - A Guidebook to the Descartes Region
    Ebook174 pages1 hour

    Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: On The Moon With Apollo 16 - A Guidebook to the Descartes Region

    By Progressive Management

    3/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    This is the second in a series of three pre-flight guidebooks to Apollo lunar landing missions written for the public. (Similar books were made for Apollo 15 and Apollo 17.) Published by NASA just prior to the launch of Apollo 16, it contains extensive information on the planned rover traverses and science experiments conducted by astronauts Young, Duke, and Mattingly in 1972. Author Gene Simmons, the chief scientist at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, wrote the following about the book, and captures some of the anticipatory excitement in the days before the historic mission:

    "Excellent commentaries have been available over television for each previous Apollo mission. However, because of the increased complexity of the surface operations beginning with Apollo 15 and especially because of the greater amount of time devoted to science-activities, I believe that a written guide would be welcomed by the interested viewer of Apollo 16. The material in this guidebook is intended to be used in conjunction with the other material shown over television.

    The science-activities of the astronauts on the surface are divided between "experiments" and "traverses." For the experiments, the astronauts set up equipment on the Moon that collects data and (generally) transmits the data back to Earth. These experiments are described briefly in the section "Lunar Surface Scientific Experiments and Hardware." The reader need not read about all the details of each experiment on first reading. Quite frankly, even I find that section is rather lengthy although complete, but I have chosen to keep it in the present form so that you may refer to the individual experiments as you wish. I do recommend scanning this section before the first Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) in order to understand something about each of the experiments.

    Most of the astronauts' time on the lunar surface will be spent on the traverses along which they describe the geologic features of the landing site, collect rocks, shoot pictures, drive core tubes, and so on. The section "Traverse Descriptions" is a guide to those activities. It tells in general terms the things the astronauts will do on each traverse. It should be used in the same way that a flexible itinerary for a vacation trip through New England would be used. Refer to it during the traverse. But do not try to read it in great detail before the traverse.

    The section "Lunar Geology Experiment" should be read before the traverses begin. There you will find descriptions of the tools that are used, the various kinds of photographs taken, and so on.

    An important part of this guidebook is concerned with "orbital science." By orbital science, I mean those science activities done in space rather than on the lunar surface. The orbital experiments will probably not be covered extensively on television. But the data obtained on the last mission, Apollo 15, are so exciting that I think you may wish to know what is being done on Apollo 16. A general discussion of the scientific work to be done is given in the section "Introduction to Orbital Science." And then in the section "Orbital Science Activities," you will find the experiments and their objectives described. You may not wish to read these sections through at one sitting. Rather, I have included them chiefly for your reference when needed."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherProgressive Management
    Release dateSep 7, 2014
    ISBN9781311742100
    Unavailable
    Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: On The Moon With Apollo 16 - A Guidebook to the Descartes Region
    Author

    Progressive Management

    Progressive Management: For over a quarter of a century, our news, educational, technical, scientific, and medical publications have made unique and valuable references accessible to all people. Our imprints include PM Medical Health News, Advanced Professional Education and News Service, Auto Racing Analysis, and World Spaceflight News. Many of our publications synthesize official information with original material. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. Vast archives of important data that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. The e-book format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket!

    Related to Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program

    Related ebooks

    Astronomy & Space Sciences For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Books

      Nov 16, 2023

      SHUTTLE HISTORY Tom Jones Smithsonian Books £33 • HB Adventure stories are best told by those who lived them. Here, astronaut Tom Jones offers an off-piste look at the 135 Shuttle flights between April 1981 and July 2011. Jones flew four times on the

      5 min read

    • Article

      Back To The Moon

      Jul 1, 2019

      Back To The Moon
      2 min read

    • Article

      Anna Frebel

      May 1, 2022

      Anna Frebel
      3 min read

    • Article

      New Astronomy And Space Titles Reviewed BOOKS

      Apr 18, 2024

      Lisa Kaltenegger Allen Lane £25 • HB Our planet, Earth, is home to over eight million species of life, sprawling over its continents and swimming within its oceans – some can even be found deep within its rocky crust! In contrast, the surfaces of our

      5 min read

    • Article

      NASA's Alan Stern Talks Pluto ... And Beyond

      Jun 8, 2018

      Planetary scientist Alan Stern shares what it has been like to devote the bulk of his career to the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Books

      May 21, 2020

      PJE Peebles Princeton University Press £30 • HB Among astronomy’s many achievements in the 20th century, the prediction and discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) is surely one of the greatest. It not only clinched the case f

      4 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Apr 20, 2023

      Books
      1 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Feb 15, 2024

      Books
      5 min read

    • Article

      Interactive

      Aug 11, 2022

      Interactive
      4 min read

    • Article

      Our Fate Is in the Stars

      Jun 3, 2019

      Our Fate Is in the Stars
      8 min read

    • Article

      ZERO BIAS: A CQ Editorial

      Jul 1, 2019

      Boy Scout camp. Sitting on the floor of the rec hall, watching a grainy black-and-white image on a TV that one of the camp directors had brought in for all of us to watch, and listen, as Neil Armstrong counted down the number of feet to the lunar sur

      3 min read

    • Article

      Explorer 1 at 60: How Has Space Travel Changed Us?

      Jan 31, 2018

      Sixty years ago Wednesday, the United States launched its first satellite, setting in motion a shift in perspective of cosmic proportions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Perry Vlahos

      Aug 13, 2020

      Perry Vlahos
      2 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Sep 17, 2020

      Niall Deacon Reaktion Books £15.95 • HB Twenty Worlds takes a look at the ways we have discovered exoplanets, planets beyond our Solar System, framing the narrative around 20 alien and extraordinary worlds found in orbit around distant stars. Deacon

      4 min read

    • Article

      ASK Space

      Jun 20, 2019

      ASK Space
      8 min read

    • Article

      Space to Inspire

      Sep 20, 2022

      Space to Inspire
      16 min read

    • Article

      Askspace

      Oct 5, 2023

      Askspace
      6 min read

    • Article

      Welcome

      Jun 20, 2019

      Welcome
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Legacy Of APOLLO

      Nov 17, 2022

      The Legacy Of APOLLO
      7 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Oct 20, 2022

      Books
      4 min read

    • Article

      How To Find alien Life

      Jan 18, 2024

      How To Find alien Life
      7 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Jul 14, 2022

      Books
      4 min read

    Reviews for Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program

    3/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words