Building the Apollo Capsules

Jim De La Rosa is a retired aerospace engineer living in Tucson, Arizona. He has taught Radar electronics in the Air Force, worked for Hughes Aircraft Company, designed electronic circuits for Airborne Radar systems, designed Flight Control Systems for Guided Missiles at North American Aviation, designed systems for the Apollo capsules that took astronauts to the moon, designed electronic systems to fly the Space Shuttle, designed systems for rockets at The Aerospace Corporation and was a Consultant Engineer.

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Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. The Apollo Unmanned Capsules and Some Eagle Knights

2. AFRM 009 and the Eagle Knight Lead Engineer

3. The AFRM 009 Control Programmer Team and a New AFRM 009 Mission

4. The Control Programmer

5. AFRM 009 Control Programmer Supervision

6. Finalizing AFRM 009’s Control Programmer on Paper Design

7. Control Programmer Initial Tests and Eagle Knight Cruz Mora

8. The Baseline Control Programmer Design

9. Preparing AFRM 009 for Launch

10. The Launch of AFRM 009

11. Mission Control Programmer for AFRMs 011, 017 and 020

12. Final MCP Design for AFRMs 011, 017 and 020

13. Farewell to the Mission Control Programmer

14. The Honeywell Resident Representative Assignment

15. Fulfilling the Honeywell Commitment and More Eagle Knights

16. Returning to Downey and More Eagle Knights

17. A New Assignment and More Eagle Knights

18. The Manned Apollo Capsules and More Eagle Knights

19. Apollo Command Module Problems and More Eagle Knights

20. Manned Apollo First Flight and More Eagle Knights

21. Prelude to a Moon Landing with More Eagle Knights Participating

22. Solving One Last Major Problem Before the Moon Landing

23. We Land on the Moon and a Few More Eagle Knights

Epilogue

Appendix: Notes Taken During My Support of Apollo 10 Mission—May 1969

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index