NASA Moon Missions Operations Manual: 1969 - 1972 (Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17) - An insight into the engineering, technology and operation of NASA's advanced lunar flights (Haynes Manuals)

Book reviews ware positive. I have received the book, but only have thumbed through it so far - at a glance it looks to exceed my expectations

Another fine Haynes Historical book- on Mission Operations for the Apollo program, this book holds plenty of detailregarding facilities, personnel, positions at Mission Control. It, as most of their books, are something to read, ponder, and pass on.

Great coverage of the entire Apollo program, as always from Haynes.....great color photos, diagrams etc....keep them coming!!

As sacrilegious as it may sound on the 50th anniversary of the launch, but aside from being the first, Apollo 11 was probably the least interesting of the six Apollo landings from a purely technical viewpoint. As this book seems to prove, public enthusiasm for the Moon landings was inversely proportional to the amount of scientific and geological data amassed by each mission.While I was disappointed by David Baker's recent "NASA Operations Manual," this one is definitely more in keeping with the Haynes format. Although he's still an engineer first and author second (not much has changed since "The Rocket" and "The History of Manned Spaceflight"), this book offers up a wealth of technical details not found in traditional narrative histories of the program. The majority of it consists of overviews of Apollos 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, each chapter averaging about 25 or 30 pages, with the first five missions covered in a separate chapter on development flights. Each flight is covered from beginning to end, special focus being given to some of the technical issues which had to be overcome, and to the mission-specific scientific and geologic experiments which were used on the lunar surface. Apollo 13 is touched upon only briefly, not surprising considering the author wrote an excellent "manual" on it in 2013.Although casual space buffs might find the emphasis on spacecraft masses and burn delta-Vs overwhelming, for us hardcore spaceflight geeks this book is an absolute treasure trove. All of the ALSEP and SIM bay experiments are described in some detail, usually accompanied by diagrams and photographs of the experiments in situ. The descriptions of the modified J-series LM and CSM are the probably the best I've seen yet, and the text is filled with fascinating little tidbits, including the transmitting frequencies of the ALSEP central station, Alan Shepard's heart rate while attempting to reach Cone Crater, and the weight of the mapping camera film cassettes. Although the photographs are mostly oft-reproduced ones, the number and quality of the illustrations is impressive. These range from the layouts of all five ALSEP stations, to LRV stowage diagrams, a sectional view of the docking probe head, an exploded view of Apollo 14's Modular Equipment Transporter, maps of the planned vs actual J-series EVAs, and even a cutaway of the less-explodey cryogenic oxygen tank developed after Apollo 13.Although it suffers occasionally from clumsy writing, and a few irritating (but not showstopping) historical errors, this is a more than welcome addition to Haynes's space manuals. Although David Harland's "Exploring the Moon" does a better job describing the geological aspects of Apollo, this one does an excellent job explaining what Apollo achieved after its purely political goals had been satisfied.

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I liked the book (it was a gift for my nephew on his birthday) but I don’t think it was brand new. It came with some scratches and a little bit broken on a side (see the pictures…).

The table of contents has each Misssion pointing to page 10, it needs a index to show what the 3 or 4letter acronyms mean, the (parenthetical) note read "see page" with no page number. It's a poorly constructed book. However, the writing is quite good. I hope they publish a revised edition when the editor corrects these.

Such extraordinary details, such the ALSEP array was powered by (simply put) a RTG containing a pellet of plutonium 238. This produced electricity to power the electrical instruments. If you wish further details, you need your own copy! It was worth it to me, since I do model kits, to have all the little details. The trivia aspect is also enjoyable.