Apollo 17 Traverse Planning Data

118 Pages·2008·22.71 MB·English

by  Manned Spacecraft Center

August 2008 Publication Note

The third edition of the Apollo 17 Traverse Planning Data
book was prepared by the Manned Spacecraft Center for
use during the EVA’s on Taurus-Littrow, the landing area
for the mission. The original document was provided by
Ed Fendell, Apollo Flight Controller.

This PDF version was produced by Bill Wood. The
original pages were scanned with an Epson Expression
10000XL, using Silverfast AI Studio, to produce high
quality 480 pixel per inch, 48-bit images, for further
processing. The printed halftone images were carefully
converted to continuous tone replicas. Each page image
was straightened and cleaned up in Photoshop CS3 prior to
producing 300 pixel-per-inch EPS page images. Adobe
Acrobat 9 Professional was used to prepare the final PDF
edition. The document is made searchable by using Adobe
ClearScan.

Bill Wood was a Unified S-Band Lead Engineer at the
Goldstone Apollo MSFN station during the lunar missions.
Ed Fendell was the Head, Apollo Communications
Sections, Flight Control Operations Branch at JSC during
most of the Apollo missions. Both are now retired in
Barstow, California and Houston, Texas, USA.
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