Apollo-Era Documents
Technical documents that describe exploration strategies, equipment, and geological tools used to explore the lunar surface, plus Apollo landing site descriptions and Apollo mission summaries.
Lunar Landers
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Lunar Rovers
Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)
Lunar Mobility Review (2006)
Briefing that summarizes features of several lunar vehicles, 14 pages.Lunar Terrain and Traverse Data for Lunar Roving Vehicle Design Study (1969)
USGS Report, H.J. Moore et al., 209 pages.A Study and Analysis of the MSFC Lunar Roving Vehicle Dust Profile Test Program (1971)
NASA-CR-121075, 33 pages.LRV Operations Handbook, Appendix A (Performance Data) (1971)
NASA-TM-X-66816, 114 pages.Mobility Performance of the Lunar Roving Vehicle: Terrestrial Studies – Apollo 15 Results (1972)
NASA-TR-R-401, N.C. Costes et al., 87 pages.
Orbiting Command Modules
Apollo 10 Command and Service Module (CSM) “Charlie Brown”
Apollo 11 Command and Service Module (CSM) “Columbia”
Apollo 12 Command and Service Module (CSM) “Yankee Clipper”
Apollo 13 Command and Service Module (CSM) “Odyssey”
Apollo 14 Command and Service Module (CSM) “Kitty Hawk”
Apollo 15 Command and Service Module (CSM) “Endeavor”
Apollo 16 Command and Service Module (CSM) “Casper”
Apollo 17 Command and Service Module (CSM) “America”
Apollo Experience Report – Crew Provisions and Equipment Subsystem (1972)
NASA-TN-D-6737, 58 pages.
Spacesuits
Apollo Operations Handbook Extravehicular Mobility Unit, v. 1, System Description (1971)
NASA-TM-X-69516 and MSC-01372-1, 144 pages.Apollo Operations Handbook Extravehicular Mobility Unit, v. 2, Operational Procedures (1971)
NASA-TM-X-69515 and MSC-01372-2, 134 pages.
Science Instruments
Objective Priorities for Lunar Science Orbital Instruments (1969)
NASA Contract No. NASW 1861, Report No. P-28, W. Adams et al., 46 pages.Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook (1974)
ALSEP Termination Report (1979)
NASA Reference Publication 1036, 165 pages.Data Collection by Robotic Precursors in Support of Project Apollo (1992)
Data requirements, program review, and evaluation of results; by D. EpplerCatalog of Apollo Experiment Operations (1994)
NASA Reference Publication 1317, T. A. Sullivan, 182 pages.Catalog of Apollo Experiment Operations (1994)
NASA Reference Publication 1317, T. A. Sullivan, 184 pages.Catalog of Lunar and Mars Science Payloads (1994)
NASA Reference Publication 1345, N. A. Budden (ed.), 260 pages.
Geological Tools
Catalog of Apollo Lunar Surface Geologic Sampling Tools and Containers (1989)
NASA-JSC document number JSC-23454, J. H. Allton, 97 pages.
Preliminary Science Reports
Summer Conference on Lunar Exploration and Science (1965)
NASA SP-88
Summer Study of Lunar Science and Exploration (1967)
NASA SP-157Surveyor V: A Preliminary Report (1967)
NASA SP-163, 169 pages.
Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report (1969)
NASA SP-214
Apollo 12 Preliminary Science Report (1970)
NASA SP-235
Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Report (1971)
NASA SP-272
Post-Apollo Lunar Science; Report of a Study by the Lunar Science Institute (1972)
Recommendations for post-Apollo lunar science activities by many of the participants that planned and executed the Apollo lunar surface science investigations.Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report (1972)
NASA SP-289Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report (1972)
NASA SP-315Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (1973)
NASA SP-330Data Analysis to Separate Particles of Different Speed Regimes and Charges (1977)
NASA-CR-159916, 11 pages. [Preliminary assessment of the LEAM dust experiment.]
Landing Site Studies and Lunar Surface Operations
A Study of Lunar Landing Sites and Associated Stay Times (1965)
NASA-TN-D-2795, L. W. Enderson Jr., 37 pages.Lunar Landing and Site Selection Study (1965)
NASA-TN-D-2999, J.L. Lewis and C. D. Wheelwright, 23 pages.Criteria for Lunar Site Selection (1970)
NASA Contract No. 1861, Report No. P-30, A.B. Binder & D.L. Roberts, 50 pages.On the Moon with Apollo 15: A Guidebook to Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains (1971)
NASA-TM-X-68638, 62 pages.Apollo 16 Preliminary Lunar Surface Procedures (1971)
NASA-TM-X-70010, 356 pages.Apollo 14 Visibility Tests: Visibility of Lunar Surface Features and Lunar Landing (1972)
NASA-CR-141651, 218 pages.Apollo Soil Mechanics Experiment S-200 (1974)
NASA-CR-134306, 135 pages.Apollo 15 Voice Transcript Pertaining to the Geology of the Landing Site (1975)
NASA-CR-145820, 236 pages.Apollo 17 Voice Transcript Pertaining to the Geology of the Landing Site (1975)
NASA-CR-146107, 365 pages.
Miscellaneous
Objectives of Apollo Geological Field Investigations & Proposal for Development of an Apollo Field Exploration Program (1965)
Goddard et al., 61 pages.Geological Field Investigation in Early Apollo Manned Lunar Landing Missions (1965)
Shoemaker et al., 60 pages.The Micrometeoroid Environment of Project Apollo (1965)
NASA-CR-152853, J. S. Dohnanyi, 32 pages.Radiation Protection for Apollo Missions (1969)
NASA-CR-106949, 8 pages.Apollo 12 Photography Index: 70 mm and 16 mm (1969)
NASA-CR-197662, 144 pages.The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume I (1969)
NASA-SP-4009-1, I. D. Ertel and M. L. Morse, 288 pages.The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume II (1973)
NASA-SP-4009-2, M. L. Morse and J. K. Bays, 298 pages.The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume III (1976)
NASA-SP-4009-3, C. G. Brooks and I. D. Ertel, 304 pages.The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume IV (1978)
NASA-SP-4009-1, I. D. Ertel and R. W. Newkirk, 482 pages.Physical Properties of the Apollo 12 Fines (1971)
NASA-CR-114844, T. Gold et al., 21 pages.Complex Permittivity Measurements of Lunar Samples at Microwave and Millimeter Wavelengths (1972)
NASA-CR-115571, H. L. Bassett and R. G. Shackelford, 10 pages.Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions (1989)
NASA-SP-4214, W. D. Compton, 430 pages.Lunar Receiving Laboratory Project History (2004)
NASA-CR-2004-208938, S. Mangus and W. Larsen, 76 pages.Apollo Traverses and Summary of Science Discoveries (2006)
Brief summary of the Apollo traverses, science objectives, and science results, 39 pages.
