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Space Race Progression • 57-58 International Geophysical Year—Sputnik/Explorer 1 • July 58 NASA Created • Apr 61 Yuri Gagarin orbital Vostok 1 • May 61 Alan Shepard sub-orbital Mercury • Jul 61 Initial NASA Apollo ITB • Nov 61 Announcement NAA Awarded Apollo CSM Contract • Dec 61 NASA SOW • Dec 61 Northrop Awarded ELS Contract • Feb 62 John Glenn Orbital Mercury • Jul 62 LOR Decision • Jul 62 1 st Main Chute Drop Test • Nov 62 1 st Main Chute cluster and 1 st Boilerplate Drop • Sep 63 Lost Boilerplate 3 • Jan 67 Apollo 1 Fire • Oct 68 1 st Manned Apollo Flight • Dec 68 1 st Manned Circumlunar Flight • Jul 69 1 st Manned Lunar Landing 6
Trip To The Moon • Getting Started – Contracts/subcontracts for all elements – Many support studies, universities, etc. – NASA guidance – Presidential DX priority – Money • Approach – Start running—figure it out as we go – Hire people—lots of people – Build facilities – Develop organizations – Develop specs, procedures, system architectures – Schedules, budgets – Go Do It • Reality – Much chaos—slowly settled – Many changes, weights, management directives/tools – Driven by what’s on pad 7
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Page 4 and 5: Manned Spaceflight Timeline • 186
Page 8 and 9: Apollo VAB-Launch Complex 8
Page 10 and 11: Apollo Stack 10
Page 12 and 13: CM/Boilerplate Dimensions 12
Page 14 and 15: Early Apollo ELS Architecture 14
Page 16 and 17: Normal Landing Sequence 16
Page 18 and 19: ELS Installation 18
Page 20 and 21: +Z Bay 20
Page 22 and 23: +Y Bay 22
Page 24 and 25: Steel Cable Risers 24
Page 27 and 28: ELS Schematic 27
Page 29 and 30: Mode Percent Failed Electrical Mech
Page 31 and 32: Apollo Docking System 31
Page 33 and 34: Apollo Soyuz Test Project 33
Page 35: Apollo CM Uprighting System 35
Page 39 and 40: Instrumented Bomb Test Vehicle 39
Page 41 and 42: Boilerplate rigged for drop. Note e
Page 43 and 44: Boilerplate Drop Test 43
Page 45 and 46: • Chutes are different Chutes Are
Page 47 and 48: • Cluster Non-Uniformity - 3 Main
Page 49 and 50: • Apollo 15 Big Problems Within E
Page 51 and 52: What Makes Programs Successful? •
Page 53 and 54: Looking Back On Apollo • National

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