Proposed Apollo modes considered by NASA for first manned landing on moon were direct flight, earth orbit rendezvous (EOR), and lunar orbit rendezvous (LOR); evaluation study of 3 modes major selection criterion of which was probability of mission success and safety; schedule and cost advantages, and development simplicity of LOR led to its selection as prime mode; 3-stage Advanced Saturn booster will be used; spacecraft itself will consist of 3 major elements, Command, Service, and Lunar Excursion Modules.


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    Titel :

    Why lunar-orbit rendezvous


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Astronautics


    Beteiligte:
    Holmes, D.B. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1962


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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    Manual lunar orbit rendezvous analysis.

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    Apollo Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Architecture Decision Revisited

    David Reeves / Michael Scher / Alan Wilhite et al. | AIAA | 2006