Apollo Mission Documents, 1965 - 1972

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Apollo Mission Documents, 1965 - 1972

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This series includes various technical documents prepared by units within the Flight Operations Division for Apollo missions. The records include mission rules, mission requirements, flight operations plans, launch mission rules, baseline data packages, anomaly reports, recovery requirements operations manuals, flight readiness reviews, recovery and deactivation procedures, test and checkout plans, support plans, data acquisition requirements, simulation plans, flight controllers operations handbooks, and systems handbooks for the Saturn Launch Vehicle, the Command/Service Module, and the Lunar Module. There are handwritten mission evaluation room action item logs, action requests ("Chits"), daily operations and status reports, and Spacecraft Analysis Team (SPAN) daily and hourly reports. There are Public Affairs Office (PAO) commentary and Technical Air-to-Ground transcripts for Apollo 9-17. There are also closeout photographs for Apollo 11-17. Many of these documents are designated "launch data" and were maintained in the Data Library and the Mission Evaluation Room.

85 linear feet, 4 linear inches

National Archives at Fort Worth

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National Archives at Fort Worth

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