Box 53
Container
Contains 28 Collections and/or Records:
Task: Attempt to determine what might be done to shorten the time between wake up in lunar orbit and landing (by several hours) in order to permit EVA prior to sleeping on the lunar surface, undated
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 22
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
undated
Mission Planning, 1961 - 1972
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4
Scope and Contents
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
1961 - 1972
Apollo Program - Mission Planning, 1964 - 1969
File — Box: 53
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
1964 - 1969
NASA Career, 1948 - 2009
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Housed in this series are the documents and other materials generated during Neil Armstrong's NASA career, from his days as an experimental test pilot through his assignment as the Deputy Administrator of Aeronautics. Early materials of note are documents related to the X-15 program and Armstrong’s engineering work as part of the Dyna-Soar team before his transfer into the astronaut program. A central piece of this series is the inclusion of Armstrong's application to the NASA astronaut...
Dates:
1948 - 2009
Apollo Program, 1961 - 1977
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
The Apollo sub-series contains a high volume of diverse materials. It houses both personal papers consisting of congratulatory correspondences from friends, family, and NASA colleagues together with newspaper clippings collected by Neil Armstrong in the years following the success of the lunar landing mission as well as the working files used by Armstrong in the years of planning and during the Apollo 11 mission.The guiding principle in the organization of the working files is to...
Dates:
1961 - 1977
Apollo Lunar surface Experiments Package, ALSEP Familiarization Course Handout, January 15, 1968
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
January 15, 1968
Apollo lunar surface operations planning, February 28, 1968
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
February 28, 1968
G lunar Surface stuff is still incomplete, March 7, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
March 7, 1969
Results of the Fifteenth Lunar Surface Operations Planning Meeting (LSOPM) held on February 14, 1969, Room 261, Building 4, February 27, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
February 27, 1969
Apollo 11/LM-5 Post Mission Report, August 5, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
August 5, 1969
Preliminary mineralogical, petrological, and geochemical examination of lunar samples and subsequent astronaut training, December 8, 1966
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
December 8, 1966
The Apollo 15 X-Ray Fluorescence Experiment, March 1972
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
March 1972
EASEP Deployment Zones, undated
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
undated
Element of Space and Reentry Mechanics, undated
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
undated
Interchange of Solar Wind Composition Flight Unit, March 6, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
March 6, 1969
Internal Note No. EB-R-69-7: Communication Systems Performance and Coverage Analysis for Apollo 11 (G Type Mission), Volume III - Lunar Operations, July 8, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
July 8, 1969
Lunar Surface Nominal Activities Sequence, circa 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
circa 1969
Minutes of November 1, 1968, Monthly Mission review (G Mission EVA), November 13, 1968
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 10, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
November 13, 1968
OSMF response to MSC EVA Review, December 2, 1968
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 10, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
December 2, 1968
Operational Aspects of Supercritical Cryogenic Storage and Supply Systems, February 1964
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
February 1964
Press Kit for the Apollo Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector Experiment, April 28, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
April 28, 1969
PGNCS operations while on the lunar surface, April 1, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
April 1, 1969
Probable significance of Surveyor I results to early Apollo lunar landing, October 4, 1966
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
October 4, 1966
Review of Apollo 11 Preliminary Lunar Surface Operations Plan (LSOP), June 5, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
June 5, 1969
Second Core Tube for Apollo 11 mission, May 6, 1969
Item — Box: 53, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 1, Item 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
May 6, 1969