DocumentCode
1111266
Title
L+25: a quarter century after the Apollo landing
Author
Dooling, D.
Volume
31
Issue
7
fYear
1994
fDate
7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
16
Lastpage
29
Abstract
When the Apollo 11 rose into space, it was guided to the Moon by a mainly pre-IC, onboard computer with only 36 kilobytes of memory. Even the rendezvous of the lander with the command/service module employed a technique practised only once before in lunar orbit. Twenty-five years on, the author presents an historical overview of the Moon landings, examines the Russian role in the lunar race and details future projects aimed at a return to the Moon.<>
Keywords
Moon; history; space research; space vehicles; Apollo 11; Apollo landing; Moon landings; Russia; command/service module; lunar lander; lunar orbit; projects; Moon;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/6.294931
Filename
294931
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