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Topic: Apollo Mission Control (Manfred von Ehrenfried)
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-03-2018 05:02 AM
Apollo Mission Control: The Making of a National Historic Landmark by Manfred von Ehrenfried Much of the television coverage of the Apollo era featured the famous Mission Operation Control Room (MOCR) in the Houston Mission Control Center. Throughout this "Golden Age" of human spaceflight, the flight controllers stationed at the room's tiered rows of consoles played as important a role as the spacecraft and crews. In 1985, its systems long obsolete, the Houston Mission Control Center was retired by NASA "in situ." The facility is now being restored as a Historic National Landmark to enable the public to view what had previously been seen only on television.This book details how the concept of flight and mission operations came to be and chronicles the origins of the facility. It takes the reader behind the scenes of the historic television coverage to explain how the flight controllers worked with "backroom" staff and contractors across the nation to accomplish momentous tasks, in particular the Apollo 11 lunar landing and returning the crew of Apollo 13 to Earth after an explosion crippled their spacecraft. The book goes on to explain the effort to preserve, rehabilitate, restore, and reconstruct the MOCR and surrounding support rooms and facilities. In particular, it describes the research, contracting, raising of funds, and industrial team needed to turn the site into a national landmark. - Softcover, 340 pages
- Springer (May 14, 2019)
- ISBN 978-3-319-76683-6
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hermit Member Posts: 186 From: Scotland Registered: Jun 2009
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posted 02-06-2018 12:08 PM
This manuscript is in-edit, and should be sent for layout by the end of February... |
mode1charlie Member Posts: 1169 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-06-2018 01:44 PM
Dutch! I look forward to this book very much. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-23-2018 03:19 AM
Release date: August 5, 2018. |
hermit Member Posts: 186 From: Scotland Registered: Jun 2009
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posted 02-23-2018 11:19 AM
It will almost certainly be released before August, because the project is already with the layout folks. |
jjknap Member Posts: 273 From: Bourbonnais, IL USA Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 07-07-2018 03:14 AM
Amazon has it available now. |
1202 Alarm Member Posts: 436 From: Switzerland & France Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 07-07-2018 09:26 AM
Amazon UK and French sites in stock too. Though price in UK is 50% cheaper than the French site. |
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 07-07-2018 02:40 PM
One such control desk ended up in the Omega museum in Bienne, Switzerland. |