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[Apollo 11.] (DUNNE, Richard C. Ed.)

Apollo spacecraft news reference. [Lunar module].

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New York, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, (c. 1970?). 4to. (228) pp. (multiple paginations), one page folded. Richly illustrated in black & white. Publisher’s printed wrappers, slightly worn and soiled with some spotting, handwritten title in Swedish, "Månlandare", on spine, front cover with name ”Carlo Löfman” written in black block letters. Prepared by Public Affairs, Space, at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Bethpage, New York in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Manned Spacecraft Center. The official Grumman news reference for the Project Apollo lunar module and the handy guide to all aspects of the lunar module (LM) and its mission. It was distributed, among others, to the journalists covering the Apollo launches. According to an internet posting by the editor of the manual, Richard C. Dunne, who was chief spokesperson for the Grumman corporation at the time, ca 2000 copies were distributed in two formats, a blue-cover version with loose leaves that could be updated during the Apollo program and the present version, which was most likely published when the details of the project had been settled. Whatever the size of the printings, all versions of the original Apollo spacecraft news reference has become increasingly hard to find. The book contains sections on mission description, the Apollo spacecraft, lunar module, crew personal equipment, environmental control, controls and displays (including foldout of instrumentation), guidance, navigations and control, main propulsion, reaction control, electrical power, communications, instrumentation, lighting and a glossary. The present copy was bought directly at the NASA press center by the Swedish photographer and Emmy-awarded tv-producer Carl O. Löfman (1938-2016), who covered the launch of Apollo 13 in April 1970.
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