Rocket Ranch The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center /

• Main Author: Ward, Jonathan H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; History of Science.

Jonathan Ward takes the reader deep into the facilities at Kennedy Space Center to describe NASA’s first computer systems used for spacecraft and rocket checkout and explain how tests and launches proceeded. Descriptions of early operations include a harrowing account of the heroic efforts of pad wo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Setting the Stage for Apollo/Saturn 1960-1966
• The Apollo 1 Fire
• The Spacecraft Assembly and Checkout Facilities
• The VAB and the Mobile Launcher
• The Launch Control Center and Firing Rooms
• Launch Pads 39A and 39B
• Life at the Launch Pad
• Epilogue: The End of an Era.                  .