The Apollo Program: The Contributions of the NASA Langley Research Center

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Joel S. Levine, (2022), JBIS, 75, pp. 231-237

Refcode: 2022.75.231

DOI: n/a

The landing of humans on the Moon was a major accomplishment and seminal event in human history. The Langley Research Center, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2017, made many important contributions to the planning and development of the Apollo Program. Unfortunately, NASA Langley never received the recognition for its many contributions to the Apollo Program as pointed out by several space historians. The objective of this paper is to summarize some of the contributions to the Apollo Program by the women and men of the Langley Research Center.

Keywords: Apollo Program, Langley Research Center, Space Task Group, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous, Lunar Orbiter Project, “Human Computers”