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S P A C E
V o lu m e2
F L IG H T
H A N D B O O K S
L u n a r F lig h tH a n d b o o k
P A R T
2 - LUNAR
M IS S IO N
P H A S E S
P re p a re d
fo r
th e
G E O R G E
C .
M A R S H A L L
S P A C E
F L IG H T
C E N T E R
H u n ts v llle ,
A la b a m a
U n d e r
C o n tra c t
N A S
8 -5 0 3 1
O ffic e
o f S c ie n tific
a n d T e c h n ic a l
In fo rm a tio n
N A T IO N A L
A E R O N A U T IC S
A N D
S P A C E
A D M IN IS T R A T IO N
1 9 6 3
W a s h in g to n ,
D .C .
FOREWORD
This
handbook
has
been
produced
by
the
Space
Systems
Division
of
the
Martin
Company
under
contract
NAS8-5031
with
the
George
C.
Marshall
Space
Flight
Center
of
the
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration.
The
Lunar
Flight
Handbook
is
considered
the
second
in
a
series
of
vol_mes
by
various
contractors,
sponsored
by
MSFC,
treating
the
dynamics
of
space
flight
in
a
variety
of
aspects
of
interest
to
the
mission
designer
and
evaluator.
The
primary
purpose
of
these
books
is
to
serve
as
a
basic
tool
in
preliminary
mission
planning.
In
condensed
form
they
provide
background
data
a n d
material
collected
t h r o u g h
several
years
of
intensive
studies
in
each
space
mission
a r e a ,
such
a s
earth
orbital
flight,
lunar
flight,
and
interplanetary
flight.
Volume
II,
the
present
volume,
is
concerned
with
lunar
missions.
The
volume
consists
of
three
parts
presented
in
three
separate
books.
The
parts
a r e :
Part
1
Background
Material
Part
2
-
Lunar
Mission
Phases
Part
3
Mission
Planning
The
Martin
Company
Program
Manager
for
this
project
has
been
Jorgen
Jensen;
George
Townsend
has
been
Technical
Director.
Fred
Martikan
has
had
the
direct
responsibility
for
the
coordination
of
this
volume;
he
has
shared
the
responsibility
for
the
generation
of
material
with
Frank
Santora.
Additional
contributors
were
Robert
Salinger,
Donald
Kraft,
Thomas
Garceau,
Andrew
Jazwinski
a n d
Lloyd
Emery.
The
graphical
work
has
been
prepared
by
Dieter
Kuhn
a n d
Elsie
M.
Smith.
John
Magnus
has
a s s i s t e d
in
preparing
the
handbook
for
publication.
William
Pragluski,
Don
Novak,
James
Porter,
Edward
Markson,
Sidney
Roedel,
Wade
Foy
a n d
James
Tyler
have
made
helpful
suggestions
during
t h e
writing
of
t h i s
book.
The
a s s i s t a n c e
given
by
the
Future
Projects
Office
at
MSFC
a n d
by
the
MSFC
contract
management
panel,
directed
by
Conrad
D.
Swanson
is
gratefully
acknowledged.
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