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The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Published as NASA Special Publication-4009. A special thanks to David Woods for formatting this chronology. Table of Contents Go to Volume I (Through November 7, 1962) Go to Volume II (November 8, 1962 - September 30, 1964) Go to Volume III (October 1, 1964 - January 20, 1966) Go to Volume IV (January 21, 1966 - July 13, 1974) Volume I by Ivan D. Ertel and Mary Louise Morse Through November 7, 1962 (NASA SP-4009, 1969) Foreword The Key Events Preface Part 1. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (1 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents Part 1. Beginnings through July 1960 l Part 2. Part 2. (A) August 1960 through December 1960 l Part 2. (B) 1st quarter 1961 l Part 2. (C) 2nd quarter 1961 l Part 2. (D) 3rd quarter 1961 l Part 2. (E) October/November 1961 l Part 3. Part 3. (A) December 1961 l Part 3. (B) 1st quarter 1962 l Part 3. (C) 2nd quarter 1962 l Part 3. (D) 3rd quarter 1962 l Part 3. (E) October/November 1962 l Appendices. Appendix 1 l Appendix 2 l Appendix 3 l Appendix 4 l Appendix 5 l Appendix 6 l http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (2 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents Appendix 7 l The Authors Volume II by Mary Louise Morse and Jean Kernahan Bays November 8, 1962 - September 30, 1964 (NASA SP-4009, 1973) Foreword The Key Events Preface Part 1. Part 1. (A) November/December 1962 l Part 1. (B) 1st quarter 1963 l Part 1. (C) 2nd quarter 1963 l Part 1. (D) July/August 1963 l Part 2. Part 2. (A) August/September 1963 l Part 2. (B) 4th quarter 1963 l Part 2. (C) January through April 1964 l Part 3. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (3 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents Part 3. (A) April through June 1964 l Appendices. Appendix 1 l Appendix 2 l Appendix 3 l Appendix 4 l Appendix 5 l Appendix 6 l Appendix 7 l Appendix 8 l The Authors Volume III by Courtney G. Brooks and Ivan D. Ertel October 1, 1964 - January 20, 1966 (NASA SP-4009, 1973) Foreword The Key Events Preface Part 1. Part 1 (A) October 1964 l http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (4 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents Part 1 (B) November 1964 l Part 1 (C) December 1964 l Part 1 (D) January 1965 l Part 1 (E) February 1965 l Part 1 (F) March 1965 l Part 1 (G) April 1965 l Part 1 (H) May 1965 l Part 1 (I) June 1965 l Part 1 (J) July 1965 l Part 1 (K) August 1965 l Part 1 (L) September 1965 l Part 1 (M) October 1965 l Part 1 (N) November 1965 l Part 1 (O) December 1965 l Part 1 (P) January 1966 l Appendices. Appendix 1 l Appendix 2 l Appendix 3 l http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (5 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents Appendix 4 l Appendix 5 l Appendix 6 l Appendix 7 l The Authors Volume IV by Ivan D. Ertel and Roland W. Newkirk with Courtney G. Brooks January 21, 1966 - July 13, 1974 (NASA SP-4009, 1978) Foreword The Key Events Preface Part 1. Part 1. (A) January through March 1966 l Part 1. (B) 2nd quarter 1966 l Part 1. (C) 3rd quarter 1966 l Part 1. (D) 4th quarter 1966 l Part 1. (E) January 1967 l Part 1. (F) February 1967 l http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (6 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents Part 1. (G) March 1967 l Part 1. (H) March/April 1967 l Part 2. Part 2. (A) April 1967 l Part 2. (B) May 1967 l Part 2. (C) June 1967 l Part 2. (D) 3rd quarter 1967 l Part 2. (E) October 1967 l Part 2. (F) November 1967 l Part 2. (G) December 1967 l Part 2. (H) January 1968 l Part 2. (I) February 1968 l Part 2. (J) March 1968 l Part 2. (K) April 1968 l Part 2. (L) May 1968 l Part 2. (M) June/July 1968 l Part 2. (N) August/September 1968 l Part 2. (O) October 1968 l Part 3. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (7 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents Part 3. (A) October/November 1968 l Part 3. (B) December 1968 l Part 3. (C) 1st quarter 1969 l Part 3. (D) 2nd quarter 1969 l Part 3. (E) 3rd quarter 1969 l Part 3. (F) 4th quarter 1969 l Part 3. (G) 1970 l Part 3. (H) 1971 l Part 3. (I) 1972 through 1974 l Appendices. Appendix 1 l Appendix 2 l Appendix 3 l Appendix 4 l Appendix 5 l Appendix 6 l Appendix 7 l Appendix 8 l Appendix 9 l http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (8 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Table of Contents The Authors A special thanks to David Woods for formatting this chronology. For Additional Information Contact Roger D. Launius, NASA Chief Historian, roger. [email protected]. gov http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/contents.htm (9 of 9)9/28/2005 7:18:39 PM The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Vol. I. Foreword Foreword The chronology of the development of the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar mission provides specific documented information covering a wide range of happenings both directly and indirectly related to the program. This wealth of material should be of value to historians and others interested in the events of the great adventure. The foreword presents a synopsis of the first several years of the program as seen from the vantage point of the first Apollo Project Office Manager. It is hoped that it will aid the user of the chronology by providing context for some of the material presented. A discussion of the Apollo Spacecraft Program must include reference to the Mercury and Gemini Programs, not because they are manned space programs but because of the interrelationship between the programs in time, in people, and in organizations, and the differences and similarities in the requirements of the programs. The Mercury Program had a very specific objective, namely to place a man in orbit and return him to earth. The Gemini Program was somewhat different. It was operating in the same earth orbital environment as Mercury but had as its goal a number of objectives which were intended to explore and develop our capabilities to work in this environment. In doing this, the Gemini Program had more resources than Mercury, in terms of increased payload weight in orbit. Apollo is more like Mercury. It has a well-defined objective that involves moving into a new environment deep space - and resources that offer little if any payload capability beyond that required to achieve the objective. Perhaps the Apollo Applications Program will be to Apollo what Gemini has been to Mercury, establishing an operational capability in an environment which has been first explored in a prior program. The Mercury project was formally initiated in October 1958 and at that time the Space Task Group was formed to manage the project. This group and others had been studying the specifics of the program for over a year at Langley and other NACA Centers. During 1959, the requirements of the Mercury Program left no time for advanced program study by the Space Task Group. In 1960, the first organized activity related to advanced mission study began. Committee studies, such as that carried out by the Goett Committee, had indicated that the lunar mission should be the next major manned objective. With this in mind, a series of technical guidelines was developed to guide the spacecraft studies. These guidelines were based on assumptions that launch vehicles then planned were capable only of circumlunar flight rather than lunar landing and that there were enough unknowns related to the lunar mission that the hardware should be equally capable of advanced earth orbital missions as an alternative. Based on the technical guidelines, three efforts were undertaken. A formal liaison activity was set up with other NASA Centers to stimulate and encourage their research and studies toward the lunar mission, using the guidelines as a general reference. Three system study contracts were let to industry and a preliminary design study was conducted by Space Task Group personnel. This total effort took approximately one year and culminated in a conference held in Washington in June 1961. These studies were primarily based on a circumlunar mission with the intent that the hardware elements developed http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/frwrd1.htm (1 of 3)9/28/2005 7:18:41 PM
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