If you've ever repaired your own car, chances are you're familiar with the Haynes repair manuals found in all auto parts stores, available for all makes & models of vehicles. They are indispensable in providing technical details required to repair or diagnose problems with cars & trucks. In the same format found in their car repair manuals, Haynes has now released an Owners Workshop Manual for the Apollo 11 vehicles. These hard cover manuals are perfect for the NASA enthusiast, collector, or those simply interested in how these vehicles were put together and how they functioned.
The manual contains the basic story of the Apollo 11 mission, and the ‘space hardware’ that made it all possible. Author Chris Riley looks at the evolution and design of the mighty Saturn V rocket, the Command and Service Modules, and the Lunar Module. He also describes the space suits worn by the crew, with their special life support systems. Launch procedures are described, ‘flying’ the Saturn V, navigation, course correction ‘burns’, orbital rendezvous techniques, flying the LEM, moon landing, moon walk, take-off from the moon, and earth re-entry procedure. Includes performance data, fuels, biographies of Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, Gene Kranz and Werner von Braun. Detailed appendices cover all of the Apollo missions, with full details of crews, spacecraft names and logos, mission priorities, moon landing sites, and the Lunar Rover.