Overview
- Describes in detail the planning and design of all equipment used on the Apollo lunar landing missions
- Documents the analysis of the samples at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Texas
- Illustrated with numerous previously unpublished photographs on the topic
- Explains the contribution of 'moon rock' analysis to our understanding of the origin and geological history of the Moon
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Space Development (BRIEFSSPACE)
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About this book
NASA contracted with the U.S. Geologic Survey to perform classroom and field training of the Apollo astronauts. NASA’s Geology Group within the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, helped to establish the goals of sample collection, as well as the design of sample collection tools, bags, and storage containers.
In this book, detailed descriptions are given on the design of the lunar sampling tools, the Modular Experiment Transporter used on Apollo 14, and the specific areas of the Lunar Rover vehicle used for the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions, which carried the sampling tools, bags, and other related equipment used in sample collection. The Lunar Receiving Laboratory, which was designed and built at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Texas for analysis and storage of the lunar samples returned from the Apollo lunar landing missions is also described in detail.
There are also descriptions of astronaut mission training for sample collecting, with the focus on the specific portions of the mission EVAs devoted to this activity.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Apollo Lunar Samples
Book Subtitle: Collection Analysis and Results
Authors: Anthony Young
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Space Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6185-2
Publisher: Praxis New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6184-5Published: 24 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6185-2Published: 22 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-8171
Series E-ISSN: 2191-818X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 114
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Planetology, Popular Science in Astronomy, Geophysics and Environmental Physics