# Apollo Lunar Landing Mission Symposium

​NASA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NASA TM X-58006
APOLLO LUNAR LANDING MISSION
SYMPOSIUM
JUNE 25-27,
1966
Manned Spacecraft Center Houston, Texas
N78-75296 (NASA-TM-X-58006) PROCEEDINGS OF THE APOLLO LUNAR LANDING MISSION SYMPOSIUM (NASA) 662 p
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CONTENTS
* SectionPage
* Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................vii
* Introductory Remarks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* By Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, USAF, Director, Apollo Program Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters; Dr. Joseph H. Shea, Program Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Concluding Remarks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
* By Dr. Joseph H. Shea
* General Mission Summary and Configuration Description................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
* By Owen E. Maynard, Chief, Mission Operations Division, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; John R. Sevier, Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Apollo Navigation, Guidance and Control................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
* By Dr . Robert C. Duncan, Chief, Guidance and Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Detailed Mission Planning Considerations and Constraints................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................131
* By M. P. Frank III, Chief, Mission Analysis Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Apollo Lunar Module Landing Strategy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................175
* By Donald C. Cheatham, Assistant Chief for Engineering and Development, Guidance and Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; Floyd V. Bennett, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Apollo Lunar Surface Science Program................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................241
* By Robert E. Vale, Deputy Manager, Experiments NASA Program Office, Manned Spacecraft Center
* Detailed Mission Planning Considerations and Constraints................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................275
* By Morris V.Jerkins, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Transearth Injection through Reentry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................313
* By M. P. Frank III, Chief, Mission Analysis Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Apollo Earth Return Abort Capabilities................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................327
* By Ronald L. Berry, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Software Compatibility with Lunar Mission ObjectivesS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................389
* By Morris V. Jenkins, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Communications Functions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................427
* By Douglas R. Broome, Jr., Apollo Command and Service Module Project Engineering and Checkout Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Crew Tasks and Training................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................461
* By J. P. Loftus, Apollo Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Extravehicular Mobility Unit Operations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................529
* By William C. Kincaide, Crew Systems Division, NASA Center Manned Spacecraft
* LM Touchdown Dynamics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................555
* By Hugh M.Scott, Apollo Systems Engineering Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* SectionPage
* Landing Site Selection Criteria................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................573
* By A. V. Bernard, Jr., Apollo Systems Analysis Department, TRW, Inc.
* Lunar Landing Site Data Sources and Analysis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................601
* By John E. Dornbach, Chief, Lunar Surface Technology Branch, Instrumentation and Electronic Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Control of Lunar Surface Contamination and Back Contamination................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................653
* By Richard H. Kohrs, Apollo Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Thermodynamic Constraints on Lunar Mission Capability................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................653
* By Jerry W. Craig, Apollo Systems Engineering Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
* Service Module Reaction Control System Propellant Management................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................673
* By Owen E. Maynard, Chief,Apollo Mission Operations Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
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