Hist🀅ory of Science & Technology, I༒ncluding the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

History of Science & 🌜Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and 𝓀Space Exploration

[Grumman]

Apollo Lunar E🔯xcursion Module (LEM) Familiarization🍌 Manual, 1964

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December 13, 08:58 PM GMT

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[GRUMMAN]

Lunar Excursion Module Familiarization Manual [Bethpage, New York: ꦿGrumman Aircraft ꧃Engineering Corporation, 1966.]

Approximately 69 pages (8 1/2 x 11 in.), including fold-out charts. Prong-bound into the original blue Grumman paper covers, "GIMSON" written in manuscript in black ink to top right of c🍨over; light rusting to prongs touching inside covers.

A HIST⛎ORIC꧂ LOOK AT THE ANATOMY OF THE LUNAR MODULE FROM THE COLLECTION OF ONE OF ITS KEY ENGINEERS

Originally created for NASA by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in 1964, the LEM Familiarization Manual provides an overview of all the subsystems and major components of the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (or “LEM” for short). Topics include the Apollo mission, the Apollo space vehicle and systems, the then called Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), training equipment, test programs, the lunar landing miss💧ion, and a section on Apollo Support Manuals to assist both astronauts and other personnel.

Complete with several detailed diagrams of the LEM and its components, t🌼his document details the ambitious engineering of the Apollo program and hails from the collection of one of its Cognizant Engineers, Mr. Alvin Gimson.

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