Apollo 17 sources

Apollo 17 sources
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This page is still under development. Scratchpad for collecting links and references.

[edit] Online

[edit] Primary Sources

  • NASA Apollo 17 Mission Report
  • NASA Flight Planning Branch, Crew Procedures Division (Oct. 23, 1972), Apollo 17 Final Flight Plan. (20Mb PDF)
  • NASA Test Division, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office (Dec. 1972), Apollo 17 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription. NASA MSC-07629. (55Mb PDF, 2,461 pages)
  • NASA Training Office Crew Training and Simulation Division (Jan. 4, 1973), Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing. NASA MSC-07631. (Online PDF collection)
  • Orloff, Richard W. (2000), Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference. NASA SP-2000-4029. GPO Stock Number #033-000-01236-5. Online version (Sept. 27, 2005) has updates and corrections. Retrieved Dec. 2005.
  • NASA (Jan. 1973), Apollo 17 Command Module Onboard Voice Transcription. NASA MSC-07633. (14Mb PDF, 746 pages)
  • NASA (1973), Apollo 17 Mission Commentary - Voice Transmissions. (5Mb PDF, 223 pages)
  • NASA (1973), Apollo 17 PAO Mission Commentary Transcript. (56Mb PDF, 1,964 pages)

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[edit] References

Any list of web references is bound to be incomplete, but here are some key sites. If a web site on the list is no longer available, it's probably available through the Internet Archive.

[edit] Official Primary Sources

[edit] Unofficial Sources

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[edit] Reports

  • Saturn 5 flight manual SA 507 (PDF) This publication replaces MSFC-MAN-507 dated 16 AUGUST 1969 for vehicle SA-507 (Apollo 12); however MSFC-MAN-507 dated 15 August 1969 remains the base line manual for SA-508 (Apollo 13) and SA-509 (Apollo 14). [2]


  • Apollo 17 mission report (PDF) Operational and engineering aspects of the Apollo 17 mission are outlined. The vehicle configuration was similar to those of Apollo 15 and 16. There were significant differences in the science payload for Apollo 17 and spacecraft hardware differences and experiment equipment are described. The mission achieved a landing in the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon and returned samples of the pre-Imbrium highlands and young craters. [3]
  • Apollo 17 mission Report. Supplement 6 Calibration results for gamma ray spectrometer sodium iodide crystal (PDF) A major difficulty in medium energy gamma-ray remote sensing spectroscopy and astronomy measurements was the high rate of unwanted background resulting from the following major sources (1) prompt secondary gamma-rays produced by cosmic-ray interactions in satellite materials (2) direct charged-particle counts (3) radioactivity induced in the detector materials by cosmic-ray and trapped protons (4) radioactivity induced in detector materials by the planetary (e.g., earth or moon) albedo neutron flux (5) radioactivity induced in the detector materials by the interaction of secondary neutrons produced throughout the spacecraft by cosmic-ray and trapped proton interactions (6) radioactivity induced in spacecraft materials by the mechanisms outlined in 3, 4, and 5 and (7) natural radioactivity in spacecraft and detector materials. The purpose of this experiment was to obtain information on effects 3, 4, and 5, and from this information start developing calculational methods for predicting the background induced in the crystal detector in order to correct the Apollo gamma-ray spectrometer data for this interference.[4]
  • Apollo 17 mission 5-day report (PDF) A five day report of the Apollo 17 mission is presented. The subjects discussed are (1) sequence of events, (2) extravehicular activities, (3) first, second, and third lunar surface extravehicular activity, (4) transearth extravehicular activity, (5) lunar surface experiments conducted, (6) orbital science activities, (7) spacecraft reentry and recovery. [5]
  • Saturn 5 launch vehicle flight evaluation report-AS-512 Apollo 17 mission (PDF) An evaluation of the launch vehicle and lunar roving vehicle performance for the Apollo 17 flight is presented. The objective of the evaluation is to acquire, reduce, analyze, and report on flight data to the extent required to assure future mission success and vehicle reliability. Actual flight problems are identified, their causes are determined, and recommendations are made for corrective action. Summaries of launch operations and spacecraft performance are included. The significant events for all phases of the flight are analyzed.[6]
  • Sonic-Boom Measurements in the Focus Region During the Ascent of Apollo 17 (PDF), Sonic-boom pressure signatures recorded during the ascent phase of Apollo 17 are presented. The measurements were obtained onboard six U.S. Navy ships positioned along the ground track of the spacecraft vehicle in the area of expected focus resulting from the flight path and acceleration of the vehicle. Tracings of the measured signatures are presented along with values of the maximum positive overpressure, positive impulse, signature duration, and bowshock rise time. Also included are brief descriptions of the ships and their location, the deployment of the sonic-boom instrumentation, flight profiles and operating conditions for the launch vehicle and spacecraft, surface-weather and sea-state information at the measuring sites, and high-altitude weather information for the general measurement areas. Comparisons of the measured and predicted sonic-boom overpressures for the Apollo 17 mission are presented. The measured data are also compared with data from the Apollo 15 and 16 missions and data from flight test programs of various aircraft..[8]


  • Workshop on Geology of the Apollo 17 Landing Site (PDF) The topics covered include the following petrology, lithology, lunar rocks, lunar soil, geochemistry, lunar geology, lunar resources, oxygen production, ilmenite, volcanism, highlands, lunar maria, massifs, impact melts, breccias, lunar crust, Taurus-Littrow, minerals, site selection, regolith, glasses, geomorphology, basalts, tectonics, planetary evolution, anorthosite, titanium oxides, chemical composition, and the Sudbury-Serenitatis analogy.[9]
  • Workshop on Geology of the Apollo 17 Landing Site, part 2 The Lunar and Planetary Sample Team (LAPST) and the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) co-sponsored the Workshop on the Geology of the Apollo 17 Landing Site. The Apollo 17 site was specifically chosen as the topic of this workshop because of its geological diversity many aspects of lunar processes and history may be studied at the site. The workshop began with an overview of the Apollo 17 site and technical sessions covered such topics as the origin and evolution of the lunar crust in the Apollo 17 region lunar highlands geology and basin formation mare volcanism postmare geological history and processes and our future on the Moon. [10]


  • Graham Ryder: Apollo 17-Twenty Years Later (Meeting Report). Lunar and Plan. Info. Bull. 65, 16-17.
  • Graham Ryder: Catalog of Apollo 17 rocks. Volume 1-Stations 2 and 3 (South Massif). 1993, JSC # 26088, Office of the Curator #87, (Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center) 411pp.
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