Apollo TV and Communications Documentation

Unless otherwise noted, documents scanned and converted to PDF format by Bill Wood. (See the accompanying notes on the conversion process ).

Unified S-Band Telecommunications Techniques for Apollo: Volume 1 - Functional Description (4.5 Mb PDF, J.H. Painter, and G. Hondros, Manned Spacecraft Center, March 1965, NASA Techniucal Note TN D-2208. Downloaded from the NASA Technical Reports Server.
Unified S-Band Telecommunications Techniques for Apollo: Volume 2 - Mathematical Models and Analysis (6.4 Mb PDF, J.H. Painter, and G. Hondros, Manned Spacecraft Center, March 1965, NASA Techniucal Note TN D-3397. Downloaded from the NASA Technical Reports Server.
Proceedings of the Apollo Unified S-Band Technical Conference, Goddard Space Flight Center, July 14-15, 1965 ( 24 Mb PDF ); K.E. Peltzer, Program Committee Chairman, Goddard Spaceflight Center, 1965; NASA SP-87. PDF document courtesy Bill Wood and Neil Sandford.

Apollo Unified S-Band System ( 1.7 Mb ); K.E. Peltzer, Manned Flight Support Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, April 1966; NASA TM-X-55492 / X-506-66-156. PDF document courtesy Bill Wood.

Lunar TV Camera: Statement of Work (Final Draft) (3.4 Mb PDF); NASA/MSC , 15 August 1966.

TV Show of the Century: A Travelogue with No Atmosphere (1.6 Mb PDF); Stanley Lebar and Charles P. Hoffman, Electronics, March 6 1967. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

Lunar Television Camera: Pre-Installation Acceptance Test Plan, NASA/MSC-SESD-28-105 (0.5 Mb PDF) 12 March 1968.

The Lunar Television Camera, E.L. Svensson, Westinghouse Engineer, No. 3, March 1968, pp. 46-51 (0.5 Mb PDF) Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

Apollo Lunar Television Camera: Operations Manual (3.9 Mb PDF); Stan Lebar, Westinghouse Defense and Space Center, 30 August 1968. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

Apollo 8: Final Photographic and TV Operations Plan (1.3 Mb); NASA Manned Spacrcraft Center; 18 November 1968. Scan courtesy Jean Grant, University of Houston-Clear Lake.

ALSEP Data Handling Estimates (198k PDF); BellComm Memorandum for File B69 05062, R.J. Pauly, 12 May 1969. PDF document courtesy NASA Technical Reports Server ( http://ntrs.nasa.gov/ ).

Apollo 10 Color Television (152k PDF); Westinghouse Defense and Space Center News Release, 16 May 1969. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

First Color TV from Space (207k PDF); Warren C. Wetmore, Aviation Week and Space Technology, p18-20, 26 May 1969. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

Mankind's Giant Leap (104k PDF); Robert Hotz, Aviation Week and Space Technology, p17, 28 July 1969. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

Network Controller's Mission Report Apollo 11 ( 5.0 Mb PDF ); 15 August 1969. Document courtesy Mike Stevens, GSFC Network Operations Manager during Apollo 11.

Communications on the Moon ( 3.6 Mb PDF ); Electronics World, August 1969. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

EVA Communications from Surveyor III Site on Apollo 12 ( 640k PDF ); BellComm Memorandum for File B69 10020, I.I. Rosenblum, 8 October 1969. PDF document courtesy NASA Technical Reports Server ( http://ntrs.nasa.gov/ ).

Apollo 12: Final Photographic and TV Procedures (1.5 Mb); NASA, 20 October 1969. Scan courtesy Jean Grant, University of Houston-Clear Lake

The Probability of an ALSEP Accepting an Erroneous Command ( 542k PDF ); BellComm Memorandum for File B69 12007, J.E. Johnson, 1 December 1969. PDF document courtesy NASA Technical Reports Server ( http://ntrs.nasa.gov/ ).

Apollo Color Television Camera ( 0.8 Mb PDF ); L.L. Niemyer, Jr., Westinghouse Defense and Space Center, 16 September 1969. Document courtesy Paul Coan.

Apollo 13 Television ( 1.7 Mb PDF ); Westinghouse Press Release, 1970. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) Postmission Report on the AS-506 (Apollo 11) Mission ( 17 Mb PDF ), Goddard Spaceflight Center; February 1970. Document courtesy Mike Stevens, GSFC Network Operations Manager during Apollo 11.

AS-508 (Apollo 13) MCC/MSFN Mission Configuration/System Description ( 12 Mb PDF ), Manned Spacecraft Center; March 1970. Document courtesy George Ojalehto, a Johnson Space Center Network Controller during Apollo.

Apollo 13: Final Photographic and TV Procedures (0.9 Mb); NASA, 3 April 1970. Scan courtesy Jean Grant, University of Houston-Clear Lake

Apollo Black-and-White Television Scan Converter ( 2.3 Mb ); M.V. Sullivan, SMPTE Journal, vol. 79, pp. 621-625, July 1970. Used with permission from the SMPTE Journal. Author Mike Sullivan died 3 January 2009. He was 92. Elmer Fredd and Bill Wood have provided a copy of the obiturary.

Ground Control Television Television Engineering Notebook, kept by Richard Bohlmann and colleagues at the Manned Spacecraft Center from April 1971 to April 1972 ( HTML link. Scan and PDF formating by Dave Bohlmann.
Ground-Controlled Television Assembly: Operation and Checkout Manual ( 7.0 Mb PDF ); RCA, 24 May 1971. Document courtesy Bill Perry, MSC.

Apollo Color Television Subsystem: Operation and Training Manual ( 3.8 Mb PDF ); Westinghouse, 1 June 1971. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

Apollo 15 Final Lunar Surface Television Operations Plan ( 8.0 Mb PDF ); NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 5 July 1971. Document courtesy Dick Nafzger. PDF document created by Bill Wood.

EVA VHF Communications with LM on Apollo 15 Traverses ( 1.6Mb PDF ); BellComm Technical Memorandum TM-71-2034-2, I.I. Rosenblum, 16 August 1971. PDF document courtesy NASA Technical Reports Server ( http://ntrs.nasa.gov/ ).

Comparison of Measured LM/EVA Link Transmission Losses on Apollo 15 with Predicted Values ( 895k PDF ); BellComm Memorandum for File B71 12012, I.I. Rosenblum, 20 December 1971. PDF document courtesy NASA Technical Reports Server ( http://ntrs.nasa.gov/ ).

Ground-Controlled Television Assembly: Interim Final Report ( 4.2 Mb PDF ); RCA R-3838F, 25 February 1972. Document courtesy Bill Perry, MSC.

Ground-Controlled Television Assembly: Final Report ( 8.6 Mb PDF ); RCA R-3901-F, 29 December 1972. Document courtesy NASA Technical Reports Server.

Apollo Experience Report - TV Systems ( 1.7 Mb PDF ); Paul P. Coan, Manned Spaceflight Center Television Subsystem Manager, NASA Technical Note TN D-7476, November 1973.

Shooting the Apollo Moonwalks ( 0.15 Mb ); Sam Russell, RCA Project Engineer for the Apollo 15-17 GCTA Color Television. Used with permission.

The Color War Goes to the Moon ( 0.8 Mb ); Stan Lebar, Westinghouse Lunar Camera Project Leader. Document courtesy Stan Lebar.

35 Years Ago, "One Small Step..." ( 0.4 Mb PDF ), which is an account of RCA engineer Jack Yanosov and the development of the PLSS radio unit. John Dilks (K2TQN), QST, February 2005. Document courtesy Maty Weinberg, ARRL (American Radio Relay League):The National Association for Amateur Radio. Used with permission.

Comparison photographs the Apollo 11 Lunar Television as seen at Goldstone, Honeysuckle Creek, and Houston ( 4.4 Mb ); Colin Mackellar, Editor of the Honeysuckle Creek website, December 2005. Used with permission.