Apollo Spacecraft

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Ereignisse

First Symposium on Space Flight "Man Will Conquer Space Soon""Lunar Instrument Carrier: Landing Factors"Sputnik I Unified National Space Establishment proposed United Nations Resolution on peaceful use of space Lunik I Lunik II Lunik III Antarctic Treaty U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space approved Korabl Sputnik I Korabl Sputnik II Korbal Sputnik III Korabl Sputnik VI Korabl Sputnik VII One--man duration record First transcontinental telephone Vostok I Vostok II

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"The Conquest of Space" by Willy Ley "Destination Moon""The Exploration of Space"First symposium on space medicine

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U.S. Air Force

Ereignisse

Rocketdyne to develop F-1 rocket engine Discoverer XVII

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Million-pound-thrust liquid rocket feasible

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Lunar efforts

Ereignisse

Scientific Advisory Board recommends moon landing program Lunar atlas contract Plan for manned military space program First Air Force lunar probe Contract with the University of Manchester for lunar maps Additional Manchester contract Lunar mapping progress

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Detailed lunar charts published

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Ereignisse

Special Committee on Space Techonology established Cooperative national space program recommended "A Program for Expansion of NACA Research in Space Flight Technology"Transonic airplane proposed Organization for studying guided missiles

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Space flight study

Ereignisse

Woods recommends NACA study group NACA Committee resolution on space flight NACA Executive Committee resolution on space flight Langley study authorized

NASA founded

Ereignisse

Eisenhower approves strengthening NACA Eisenhower proposes National Aeronautics and Space Agency Eisenhower signs National Aeronautics and Space Act Glennan and Dryden nominated Administrator and Deputy Administrator NASA organized and NACA abolished

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ereignisse

Space vehicle progam formulated Study of additional funds for super booster program Orbital rendezvous discussions with Air Force Webb and Dryden nominated Administrrator and Deputy Advanced manned spacecraft planning

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Inter-Center meeting on space rendezvous

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Other NASA organizations

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Stever Committee report Cooperative agreement with Army Working Group on Lunar Exploration Proposed plan for lunar photography Office of Life Sciences Programs established

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NASA Staff Conference

Rocketdyne F-1 rocket engine

Ereignisse

Rocketdyne to develop F-1 Thrust chamber static fired First static test Record thrust

Astronauts

Ereignisse

Seven pilots for Mercury

Space Task Group

Ereignisse

Space Task Group organized Authority transferred to Goddard Space Flight Center STG becomes separate field element Manned spacecraft center proposed Flight Vehicles Integration Branch organized

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Project Boomerang proposed

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Advanced Vehicle Team

Ereignisse

Formed Meeting on radiation "Apollo" approved

Research Steering Committee on Manned Space Flight

Ereignisse

Weight of the "end vehicle"

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Committee to be formed Members nominated First meeting National booster program Manned space flight priorities Second meeting ABMA lunar studies Manned space station Beyond Mercury Study and research areas Third meeting Missions considered at ABMA Lunar landing configurations

Saturn Vehicle Evaluation Committee

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Study group formed Recommendations accepted

Space Exploration Program Council

Ereignisse

Proposed Status report Memorandum on actions taken Fourth meeting

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First meeting Third meeting Manned lunar landing discussion

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

Ereignisse

Transferred to NASA Manned expeditions study award Space refueling study award

Langley Research Center

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Spacecraft flights simulated at 8200 to 8700 feet per second

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Lunar orbit studies

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"Considerations of the Rendezvous Problems for Space Vehicles"STG brief on lunar orbit method Seamans brief on lunar rendezvous method Conference with STG "Manned Lunar Landing via Rendezvous Objectives of rendezvous progam Booster requirements Recommendations on immediate steps

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Langley lunar orbit rendezvous studies Meeting on space rendezvous

MIT guidance and control design study

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Study began Study report

Rocketdyne J-2 rocket engine

Ereignisse

Rocketdyne selected Contract signed

Industry conferences

Ereignisse

Goddard program Goddard conference

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NASA-Industry Program Plans Conference

Deep-space tracking

Ereignisse

Agreement with South Africa Voice message by way of the moon

Manned Lunar Landing Task Group

Ereignisse

Instructions First meeting First draft report Final report

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Second meeting

Programs and projects

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Launch vehicles

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Saturn program

Ereignisse

Saturn and Apollo guideance integration Mid-1961 to early 1964 fligh schedule Joint Apollo and Saturn briefing Launch configurations announced Launch Complex 34 dedicated Vehicle configuration changes

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Saturn C-1

Ereignisse

Proposed change to two-stage Recommended changes Configuration change Operational in 1964

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Boilerplate Apollo

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S-I first stage

Ereignisse

Two H-1 engines static fired Four H-1 engines static-fired All eight H-1 engines static-fired First public H-1 demonstration First static tests completed

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Paraglider study award

S-IV second stage

Ereignisse

Douglas selected Adapter satisfactory for SA-7 to SA-10

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Air transport feasible

Missions

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SA-1

Ereignisse

Assembly begun First flight model installed Successful flight qualification test

Saturn Study Group

Ereignisse

Joint planning effort directed

Saturn C-2

Ereignisse

Plan presented Plan approved Design work discontinued

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Reevaluation

Manned programs

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Advanced manned spacecraft

Ereignisse

Advanced manned spacecraft discussed Mercury land landings study suggested Decision to plan advanced spacecraft "Ground Rules for Manned Lunar Reconnaissance"Guidelines briefed at NASA Headquarters STG members brief JPL, Flight Research Center, and Ames Research Center STG visit to Flight Research Center Program presented to Marshall Space Flight Center Program presented to Lewis Research Center Meeting with Grumman Discussion at Langley

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Advanced design concepts Silverstein suggests the name "Apollo"Advanced manned space flight conference

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New Projects Panel

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First meeting Second meeting Third meeting

Guidelines presented to NASA Centers

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Guidelines summary Missions, propulsion, and flight time Aborted missions and landing Human factors Command and communications

Project Mercury

Ereignisse

Project Mercury announced McDonnell study on Mercury lunar reentry Mercury beach abort test Mercury-Atlas 1 Little Joe 5 Mercury-Redstone 1 Mercury-Redstone 1A Mercury-Redstone 2 Mercury-Atlas 2 Mercury-Atlas 3 Little Joe 5B Freedom 7 Liberty Bell 7

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Proposed adapted Mercury for lunar orbit rendezvous

Apollo program

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Prospector-Apollo conference Project Apollo meeting Meeting on lunar landing paper Atmospheric composition requirement program requested

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Construction of Apollo facilites at Langley begun

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Apollo Project Office

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Project Office formed

Apollo spacecraft feasibility study

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STG briefing 14 submitted proposals Three contractors selected

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Contract negotiations Midterm reviews Final reports Detailed STG assessment

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Evaluation Board

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Members Findings

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Invitations

In-house study

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Flight Systems staff meeting Design constraints

General Electric study

Ereignisse

Midterm review

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First review

Martin study

Ereignisse

Midterm review Titan II as launch vehicle

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First review STG visit

Convair/Astronatics study

Ereignisse

STG visit Midterm review

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First review STG visit STG visit

Navigation and guidance (MIT)

Ereignisse

Proposed contract Study outline Formal MIT proposal MIT selected for study MIT selected

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Study of Polaris guidance and navigation Work statements completed

Ground instrumentation

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Scope of MIT study

Statement of Work

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First Statement of Work draft Second Statement of Work draft

Little Joe II

Ereignisse

Preliminary study

Crew

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Crew selection and training

Groups and committees

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Manned lunar landing working group

Ereignisse

Formed

Technical liaison groups

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Planning discussion Proposed plans Invitations to liaison groups Ames members Lewis members Flight Research members Marshall members Langley members JPL members Joint status brief

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Configurations and Aerodynamics

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First meeting

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Second meeting

Onboard Propulsion

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First meeting

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Second meeting

Mechanical Systems

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First meeting

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Second meeting

Instrumentation and Communications

Ereignisse

First meeting

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Second meeting

Structures and Materials

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First meeting

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Second meeting

Guidance and Control/ Navigation, Guidance, and Control

Ereignisse

First meeting

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Second meeting, name change

Trajectory Analysis

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First meeting

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Second meeting

Human Factors

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First meeting

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Second meeting

Heating

Ereignisse

First meeting

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Second meeting

Saturn Guidance Committee

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Informal briefing

Fleming Committee

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Established Report submitted

Lundin Committee

Ereignisse

"Broad Study of Feasible Ways"Study completed

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Basic concepts of LOR

Heaton Committee

Ereignisse

Ad Hoc Task Group appointed

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Langley brief on LOR method

Manned Lunar Landing Coordination Group

Ereignisse

First meeting

Golovin Committee

Ereignisse

Formed Began Plan for comparative evaluation

Saturn Program Requirements Committee.

Ereignisse

Established

Spacecraft contractor selection

Ereignisse

Invitation to submit proposals Source Evaluation Board appointed Technical Assement Panels appointed Buisness Assement Panels appointed

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Industry technical conference Pre-proposal briefing

Report on Facilities and Resources Required

Ereignisse

Joint analysis requested Phase I report

Cape Canaveral

Ereignisse

Launch site study announced

Unmanned programs

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Other NASA flights

Ereignisse

Pioneer I Pioneer II Pioneer III Pioneer IV Failed lunar probe Failed Pioneer launch Final failed Pioneer launch

Ranger

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Guideline letter to JPL Ford selected to build capsule Ranger announced Television system contract issued Ranger I

Surveyor

Ereignisse

Design studies awarded Spacecraft contract

Lewis Research Center

Ereignisse

H-O fuel cell research

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Ereignisse

JPL transferred to NASA First large space simulator

Congress

Ereignisse

Manned circumlunar flight predicted within the decade No ARPA lunar landing program NASA long-range objectives NASA Budget request for rendezvous research Deep-space tracking network described Military should study moon bases Staff Report on lunar flights NASA's ten-year plan Manned moon expedition declared high priority NASA budget request

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House Committee on Science and Astronautics

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Outline of proposed study subjects Moon landing possible in 1967

U.S. Army

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Army Map Service moon mapping study

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Army Ballistic Missile Agency

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"A National Integrated Missile and Space Vehicle Program"Explorer I

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1.5 million pounds clustered-engine booster study

Saturn launch vehicle

Ereignisse

Juno V launch vehicle authorized ARPA and AOMC agree to extend Juno V project.Large Booster Committee decide on Juno V Juno V renamed Saturn Construction of Complex 34 begun First test firing in early 1960 Second and third stage study Eleven contract proposals for S-IV

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Rocketdyne H-1

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Rocketdyne contracted to develop H-1 First full-power firing First H-1 arrive ABMA H-1 installed in ABMA test stand H-1 first test-fired at ABMA H-1 fired for 80 seconds First long-duration firing

Upper stage selection

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Urgency of early Saturn upper stages agreement "Saturn System Study"Use of Titan for Saturn upper stages ARPA selects Titan for Saturn second stage Contracts for Aerojet-General and Martin Second-stage suspended

Army Ordnance Missile Command

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MRS. V discussion

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Lunar studies for NASA

Ereignisse

"Preliminary Study of an Unmanned Lunar Soft Landing Vehicle"Lunar exploration study authorized "A Lunar Exploration Program Based Upon Saturn-Boosted Systems"

Project Horizon

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Task force formed Phase I report

ABMA transfer to NASA

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Eisenhower announces transfer Initial transfer plan

Papers and publications

Ereignisse

Ross's ideas "Establishing Contact Between Orbiting Vehicles""A Rocket for Manned Lunar Exploration"

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Oberth's ideas Noordung's ideas Von Braun's ideas "Recoverable Interplanetary Space Probe"

Department of Defense

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Martin Company proposes lunar vehicle

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Advanced Research Projects Agency

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ARPA created NASA-ARPA meeting on future launch vehicles

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ARPA-NASAS Booster Evaluation Committee

Chance Vought Corporation

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Manned lunar landing study Lunar orbit rendezvous study

U.S. Geological Survey

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First photogeological lunar survey Lunar geology study announced

Grumman

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Lunar orbit study started

Ad Hoc Committee on Space

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Report

Space Science Panel

Ereignisse

Recommendations submitted

John F. Kennedy

Ereignisse

"no one is more tired than I am"Long-range goals for the space program