Apollo Mission Control
The Making of a National Historic Landmark
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Beschreibung
This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America’s space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It is now a National Historic Landmark and is being restored to a level which represents the day the flight control teams walked out after the last lunar landing missions.
The book is dedicated to the estimated 3,000 men and women who supported the flights and tells the story from their perspective. It describes the rooms of people supporting this control center; those rooms of engineers, analysts and scientists most people never knew about. Some called it a “shrine” and some called it a “cathedral.” Now it will be restored to its former glory and soon thousands will be able to view the place where America flew to the moon.
Publication coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing in July 2019 Includes anecdotes by flight controllers about their duties and time on-console during historic Apollo missions Contains appendices with details of the history, photos, quotes, names and the work of the people involved in designing, operating and later restoring the Apollo Control Center Explains the ongoing work of the Manned Spaceflight Operations Association, organized to oversee the restoration project
Autor*in
Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried
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Houston Mission Control Center Mission Operation Control Room MOCR golden age of spaceflight Apollo era history Apollo lunar landing 50th anniversary National Historic Landmark MCC Manned Spaceflight Operations Association