3 Items Relating to the Lunar Landing Author: Place: Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Smithsonian Institution Date: 1968-1969 Description: Three items related to Apollo 11 and the lunar landing, comprising: Group Achievement Award. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. Houston: December 1968. NASA Lunar Relay Program Final Report Apollo. Greenbelt, Maryland: Goddard Spaceflight Center, 1968. (NASA SP-151). 365pp. Illustrated with graphs, charts and photographs. Original wrappers (covers somewhat dampstained, ink note on cover). Transient Lunar Phenomena Reports from The Lunar International Observers Network During The Apollo 11 Mission. Cambridge, Mass.: Smithsonian Institution Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, August 25, 1969. 159 pp. Stapled wrappers. The NASA certificate is an ornate document signed (probably in Autopen) by Center Director Robert Gilruth, and given to a member of the Apollo Spacecraft Test Program Team “for preparation, operations and analysis of manned thermal-vacuum tests of Apollo command and service module spacecraft 2TV-1 in…the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory.” It honors the timely and highly successful manned space environment simulation tests which certified the Apollo spacecraft as spaceworthy, allowing the Lunar Landing plans to proceed on schedule. The Lunar Relay report details NASA’s exhaustive preparations for the first worldwide high-speed data network – the global communications system that allowed Houston to track the Apollo spacecraft to the moon and back, send instructions and speak directly with the astronauts and receive data and television broadcasts from space. The last item is a rare record of a scientific probe coordinated with the lunar landing: For centuries, there have been observations of short-lived changes in appearance of the moon’s surface. These transient lunar phenomena included brilliant flashes of light, mists, geologic eruptions, white and green spots and reddish glows. An international network of observers was organized to observe and record these phenomena during Apollo 11’s moon mission. According to Time magazine, one day before the lunar landing, German astronomers observed a bright glow on the moon’s surface – “the same sort of eerie luminescence” that had intrigued moon watchers for centuries. The report was passed on to Houston, which radioed to the spacecraft, “We’ve got an observation you can make if you have some time up there. There’s been some lunar transient events reported in the vicinity of [the crater] Aristarchus.” Almost immediately, Michael Collins reported back, “Hey Houston, I’m looking north up toward Aristarchus now, and there’s an area that is considerably more illuminated than the surrounding area. It seems to have a slight amount of fluorescence.” The astronaut’s observation thrilled the scientists back on earth. Lot Amendments Condition: Fair to very good. Item number: 318011
3 Items Relating to the Lunar Landing Author: Place: Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Smithsonian Institution Date: 1968-1969 Description: Three items related to Apollo 11 and the lunar landing, comprising: Group Achievement Award. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. Houston: December 1968. NASA Lunar Relay Program Final Report Apollo. Greenbelt, Maryland: Goddard Spaceflight Center, 1968. (NASA SP-151). 365pp. Illustrated with graphs, charts and photographs. Original wrappers (covers somewhat dampstained, ink note on cover). Transient Lunar Phenomena Reports from The Lunar International Observers Network During The Apollo 11 Mission. Cambridge, Mass.: Smithsonian Institution Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, August 25, 1969. 159 pp. Stapled wrappers. The NASA certificate is an ornate document signed (probably in Autopen) by Center Director Robert Gilruth, and given to a member of the Apollo Spacecraft Test Program Team “for preparation, operations and analysis of manned thermal-vacuum tests of Apollo command and service module spacecraft 2TV-1 in…the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory.” It honors the timely and highly successful manned space environment simulation tests which certified the Apollo spacecraft as spaceworthy, allowing the Lunar Landing plans to proceed on schedule. The Lunar Relay report details NASA’s exhaustive preparations for the first worldwide high-speed data network – the global communications system that allowed Houston to track the Apollo spacecraft to the moon and back, send instructions and speak directly with the astronauts and receive data and television broadcasts from space. The last item is a rare record of a scientific probe coordinated with the lunar landing: For centuries, there have been observations of short-lived changes in appearance of the moon’s surface. These transient lunar phenomena included brilliant flashes of light, mists, geologic eruptions, white and green spots and reddish glows. An international network of observers was organized to observe and record these phenomena during Apollo 11’s moon mission. According to Time magazine, one day before the lunar landing, German astronomers observed a bright glow on the moon’s surface – “the same sort of eerie luminescence” that had intrigued moon watchers for centuries. The report was passed on to Houston, which radioed to the spacecraft, “We’ve got an observation you can make if you have some time up there. There’s been some lunar transient events reported in the vicinity of [the crater] Aristarchus.” Almost immediately, Michael Collins reported back, “Hey Houston, I’m looking north up toward Aristarchus now, and there’s an area that is considerably more illuminated than the surrounding area. It seems to have a slight amount of fluorescence.” The astronaut’s observation thrilled the scientists back on earth. Lot Amendments Condition: Fair to very good. Item number: 318011
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