[NASA – LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE]. A pair of manuals relating to the operation of the Lunar Module. 1966.
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[NASA – LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE]. LEM Orientation Course No. 30005-012. Lesson Plan and Student Handout. -- Project Apollo Lunar Excursion Module Support Manual ECS Checkout Adapter Kit Part No. LDW430-52200. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, 12 April 1966, 31 August 1966.
Two manuals, comprising some 100 pages, 4to. Original printed cardstock with metal clasps (rust-stains from clasps). Provenance: "Weldon" (handwritten name on Lunar Excursion Orientation manual); acquired Heritage Auction Galleries, 8 October 2009, sale 6033, lot 41176.
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation received the contract for the Apollo Lunar Module on 7 November 1962. In all thirteen lunar modules were built, six of which were successfully landed on the Moon. Grumman produced training manuals to "provide the student with an orientation of the LEM spacecraft... In order to provide adequate operational support to the Apollo Mission." "Weldon" is presumably Vince Weldon, a NASA aerospace engineer who designed critical components for the Apollo missions.
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