Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Operations Plan

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JUNE
27,1969
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MANNED SPACECRAFCTE NTER
HOUSTON,TEXAS

FINAELD ITION
APOLL1O1
LUNASRU RFAOCPEE RATIOPNLNSA
JUNE 13, 1969
Preparedb y:
W. Wood,
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APOLL1O1
LUNASRUR FACOEPE RAITONPSL AN
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PREFACE
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CONTENTS
Page
Precfea iii
Lits ofF iguraensd T albes vii
1.0 INTORDUCTION 1
2.0 MISISONP LAN
2.1M issiPounr opse 3
2.2M issino Decsritpion 3
2.3 SummaryM iossfio nR equriemnets 6
2..31 Introtdiunoc 6
2..32 MissiOobjne cvteis aEnxdp eriments 8
3.0 NOMINLALU NAERV A
3.1 TimeliDneecs riptiaonndR ationale 10
3.1.L1u naSru rfaSctaey 10
3.1.E2x travehiAccutliiatvry 10
3.2T askan dD atDae csritpions 13
3.2.1E nvionremntaFla imliraizant io 13
3.2.2P rleiminaCrheyck s 14
3.2.3T eleivsino Coverage 14
3.2.4 S-hanEd recbtlea AntennaD elpoyment 19
3.2.5P hotopghrya 19
3.2.6E VAa ndE nvirmoenntE valuation 20
3.2.7S ampleC olleiocnts 21
3.2.L8M I nspeicotn 22
3.2.9 ExpermientD elpoyments 23
3.2.01 Useo fL unaErq iupmenCton veoyr 26
3.21. E1VAT ernmaition 27
3.3 SummaryT imeline 30
3.4 Timeline 31
3.5 DetailPerdo cuerdes 39
3.5.1N ominAaclt itviise Seqeunce 39
3.5.ZP rocedures 40
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4.0 ALTEREN AANTDC ONTNIGENTP LANS PAGE
4.1A lternaEtVeA ( Wiht S-ahndE rectaAbnltee nDneap lmoeynt)7 2
4..11 DescripatnidRo ant ionale 72
4.1.2S ummarTyi emline 73
4.1.3 Tiemline 74
4.1.4D etailPerdod cueres 81
4.2 ContingEeVnA1t -M inimTuimem ,O ne Man 86
4.21. DecsriptianodnR aitonale 86
4.2.S2um marTyi mienle 87
4.2.T3im eline 88
4.3C ontingEeVnA2 t- 0nMea n, HTowuor s 90
4.3.1 D�scrtiipoann dR aiionale 90
4.3.S2um marTyi emline 92
4..33 Tiemline 93
5.0 APPENX DI
51. Abbvrieations 98
5.2D etlaeidO bjcetivaensd E xperiments 99
5..21 Intorduicont 99
5.2.D2e fniitions 99
5.2.O3b ejcitves 100
5..24 Exepriments 161
5.3L unaSrur facOep eratiCoonnsatlr aints 169
5..31 Intdruoction 169
5..32 ConstraCilanstssif ication 169
5.31. 2C.onstraCiantte geosr i 169
5.3.2.V2i oaltoinC lassfiication 170
5.3.3M issiOopenr atioCnosn straints 170
5..34 LunarS urfaOcpee ratiCoosnptsr aints 171
5.3.E5q umiepnOtpe ratiCoonn straints 173
5..36.E quipmeDnets iCgnon straints 174
5.3.7 GenerCaolnt sraints 175
5.4N ominLaulan rS urfaEcVeAM etoalbiPcro flies 177
5.4.1I nrtoduction 177
5.4.C2D RM etalbiocP rofiel 178
5..43 LMP MetoalbiPcro fiel 181
5.5R eferences 184
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FIGURES
Figure
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3-1 Lunasrur fcaea ctitvyit imelifnoer2 2-housrta y 12
3-2 Radacro veradguer inlgu nasrta y forl auhn cdate 17
ofJ uly1 6
3-3 fielodf v iwe from MESA 18
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3-4 TVf iedl ofv iew frotmr ipo(dw itLhu naDra y 18a
lens)
3-5 QuadI inspectpioonint s 24
3-6 QuadI Ii nspeicotnp oints 24
3-7 QuadI IIi nspeicotnp onits 25
3-8 QuadI Vi nscpetino points 25
3-9 Proabble areafso rl unasrur facea ctitvyi 38
TABLES
TablNeo .
3-1 Perofrmacnem arginfso rL Mc ommunciatoins 16
3-2 Looes eqiupmenltef to nl unasru frace 29
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