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APOLLO-ERA: PLANNING FOR THE MOON.
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APOLLO-ERA: PLANNING FOR THE MOON.
GROUP OF ORIGINAL NOTEBOOKS FROM APOLLO MISSION CONTROL "GUIDO."
5 volumes, 4to. Manuscript, on lined paper. Green textured cloth and marbled boards. Hand titled on paper labels on covers, with inscriptions including "504 Activities Planning," "G. E. Paules, NASA — MSC, FCD," and one marked "ARG ... and all that," some with dates ranging from August 1966 to March 1970. All with covers worn, and internal wear from use.
An amazing view behind the scenes, these notebooks kept by NASA mission control GUIDO (Guidance Officer) Granville E. Paules III, who was present for Apollo missions through 14. He was Guidance Officer on the unmanned missions and later Lead Phase Guidance Officer, Lead Launch Guidance Officer and Yaw on Apollo 11. His notebooks document the many planning meetings with fellow staff as well as meetings with contractors and other involved parties to fully understand the systems and equipment utilized.
In a 2006 interview, Paules described some of the notebooks' contents for the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project: "I always created my own personal console position checklist for all the key events and the things that we had to do,in order chronologically. So that was something that was outside the flight plan. You had the flight plan to give you general guidance, and then you'd update it if something changed. The flight plan was pretty detailed on maneuvers, details about maneuvers, but not procedures. Procedures, you had your own console book."
5 volumes, 4to. Manuscript, on lined paper. Green textured cloth and marbled boards. Hand titled on paper labels on covers, with inscriptions including "504 Activities Planning," "G. E. Paules, NASA — MSC, FCD," and one marked "ARG ... and all that," some with dates ranging from August 1966 to March 1970. All with covers worn, and internal wear from use.
An amazing view behind the scenes, these notebooks kept by NASA mission control GUIDO (Guidance Officer) Granville E. Paules III, who was present for Apollo missions through 14. He was Guidance Officer on the unmanned missions and later Lead Phase Guidance Officer, Lead Launch Guidance Officer and Yaw on Apollo 11. His notebooks document the many planning meetings with fellow staff as well as meetings with contractors and other involved parties to fully understand the systems and equipment utilized.
In a 2006 interview, Paules described some of the notebooks' contents for the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project: "I always created my own personal console position checklist for all the key events and the things that we had to do,in order chronologically. So that was something that was outside the flight plan. You had the flight plan to give you general guidance, and then you'd update it if something changed. The flight plan was pretty detailed on maneuvers, details about maneuvers, but not procedures. Procedures, you had your own console book."
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Lot also includes a small 3-ring binder filled with notes and clippings related to the Apollo missions.