Building the Apollo Capsules : An Engineer's Memoir of the Moonshot Program and Its Debt to Hispanic Team Members.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De La Rosa, Jim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space flight to the Moon--History--20th century.

Space flight to the Moon.

Hispanic American engineers--Employment--United States--History--20th century.

Hispanic American engineers.

Project Apollo (U.S.)--History.

Project Apollo (U.S.).

Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)--Design and construction.

Apollo 11 (Spacecraft).

De La Rosa, Jim, 1930---Friends and associates.

De La Rosa, Jim.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"This firsthand account of the development of the Apollo 11 mission gives a behind-the-scenes look at the 1969 moon landing mission from an engineer's perspective. The technical problems and solutions of designing a capsule to carry three astronauts--Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins--safely to the moon and back are covered in detail from the author's point of view. The contributions of Latino personnel in the Apollo program are described."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. The Apollo Unmanned Capsules and Some Eagle Knights

2. AFRM 009 and the Eagle Knight Lead Engineer

3. The AFRM 009 Control Programmer Team and a New AFRM 009 Mission

4. The Control Programmer

5. AFRM 009 Control Programmer Supervision

6. Finalizing AFRM 009's Control Programmer on Paper Design

7. Control Programmer Initial Tests and Eagle Knight Cruz Mora

8. The Baseline Control Programmer Design

9. Preparing AFRM 009 for Launch

10. The Launch of AFRM 009

11. Mission Control Programmer for AFRMs 011, 017 and 020

12. Final MCP Design for AFRMs 011, 017 and 020

13. Farewell to the Mission Control Programmer

14. The Honeywell Resident Representative Assignment

15. Fulfilling the Honeywell Commitment and More Eagle Knights

16. Returning to Downey and More Eagle Knights

17. A New Assignment and More Eagle Knights

18. The Manned Apollo Capsules and More Eagle Knights

19. Apollo Command Module Problems and More Eagle Knights

20. Manned Apollo First Flight and More Eagle Knights

21. Prelude to a Moon Landing with More Eagle Knights Participating

22. Solving One Last Major Problem Before the Moon Landing

23. We Land on the Moon and a Few More Eagle Knights

Epilogue

Appendix: Notes Taken During My Support of Apollo 10 Mission-May 1969

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: De La Rosa, Jim Building the Apollo Capsules

ISBN:

1-4766-4871-9

OCLC:

1406409001