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Sa Cr Or Tmx Or Ad Number) t I. I. SA CR OR TMX OR AD NUMBER) T 88 PI .. ,. i /I .5 . .. INDEX (Editors: This package contains data on the United States Eanned space flight program which answer most-asked questions of the public and the communications media. It is suggested that this material be retained in your files.) THE MANNED FLIGHT PROGRAM Page Mercury, GemFni and Apollo Missions thru 1-4 . Apollo 13 Manned Space Flight Costs: Mercury, Gemini 5-7 and Apollo Apollo Historical Summary 8-12 Apollo Flight Crews 13-15 Historical Origins of NASA 16-19 NASA Budget and Personnel History 20-2'1 THE ASTRONAUTS Astronauts on Flight Status 22-23 Astronauts by Selection Groups 24 Current Status of Astronauts 25-28 Special Notes, Qualifications and Fatalities 29 THE FIXST LUNAR LANDING: APOLLO 11 HIGHLIGHTS 30-32 -0- THE MANNED FLIGHT PROGRAM NASA MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS Prod ect Date Crew /*rank at present Time in Space Orbits/Re vs MERCURY Mercury Redstone 3 May 5, 1961 Naval Comdr. Alan B. Shepard 0: 15: 22 suborbital "Freedom 7" Recovery Ship 0 *Capt. Champlain (A)*'* Mercury Redstone 4 July 21, 1961 Air Force Maj. Virgil I. Grissom 0: 15: 37 sub orb ita1 "Liberty Bell 7" Recovery Ship - ( deceased 1 Randolph (A) Mercury Atlas 6 Feb. 20, 1962 Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn 4:55:23 three orbit "Friendship 7" Recovery Ship - retired Noa (A) I al Mercury Atlas 7 May 24, 1962 Naval Lt. Comdr. Scott Carpenter 4:56:05 three orbit k "Aurora 7" Recovery Ship - retired 08 Pierce (A) ? Mercury Atlas 8 Oct. 3, 1962 Naval Comdr. Walter M. Schirra 9: 13: 11 six orbits "Sigma 7" Recovery Ship - retired Kearsarge (PI Mercury Atlas 9 May 15-16, 1963 Air,Force Ma3 . L. Gordon Cooper 34: 19: 49 22 orbits "Faith 7" Recovery Ship - retired 1 Kearsarge (P **I GEMINI Gemini 3 March 23, 1965 Air Force Mad. Virgil I. Grissom 4:53 three orbit "Molly Brown". Recovery Ship - l$i,val_... Lt,. Comdr. John W. Young Intrepid (A) (d_e ce as e d Capt-,.. "YoGg' , **A or P After Recovery Ship Denotes Atlantic or Pacific .. * Project Date ” Crew *rank at present Time in Space Orbits/Revs Gemini 4 June 3-7, 1965 Air Force Majors James A. McDivitt * 97~56 62 revs. mA- 20 Win. Recovery Ship - Edward H. White ‘I1 Wasp (A) ** w Cal. McDivitt (White is deceised) Gemini 5 Aug. 21-29, 1965 Air Force Lt. Col. L. Gordon Cooper 190 :56 120 revs. Recovery Ship Naval Lt. Comdr. Charles Conrad, Jr. Lake Champlain (A) retired Capt. Conrad Gemini 6 Dec. 15-16, 1965 Naval Capt. Wabter M. Schirra 25:51 16 revs. Recovery Ship - Air Force &aj. Thomas P. Stafford Wasp (A) retired, Col. Stafford -_ I A Gemini 7 Dec. 4-18, 1965 Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Boxman 330: 35 206 revs. Q, Recovery Ship Naval Comdr. James A. Love11 k I - 0 Wasp (A) retired Capt. Love11 7 Gemini 8 March 16, 1966 Neil A. Armstrong, Civilian 10: 42 7 revs. Recovery Ship - Air Force Maj. David R. Scott Leonard F. Mason (P) Col. Scott Gemini 9A June 3-6, 1966 Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas P. Stafford 72:21 44 revs. Umbilical EVA of Recovery Ship - Naval Lt . Comdr. Eugene A. Cernan 2 hrs. 7 min. by Wasp (A) Col. Stafford Cernan Capt. j Cernan Gemini 10 July 18-21, 1966 Naval Comdr. John W. Young 70: 47 43 revs. Umbilical EVA of Recovery Ship - Air Force Maj . Michael ‘Collins (highest altitude 475 statute miles) 33 min. land Standup Guadalcanal (A) Capt. ’Young __ EVA of 49 min. by retired Collins c .. I Project Date . , crew- '*rank at present Time in Space Orbits/Revs Gemini 11 Sept. 12-15, 1966 Naval Comdr. Charles Conrad 71: 17 44 revs. Vmbilical EVA of Recovery Ship - Naval Lt. Comdr. Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (highest altitude 853 statute 33 min. and Standup Guam (A)** *Capt. I Conrad miles) EVA of 2 hrs. 5 min. by Capt. Gordon Gordon Gemini 12 NOV. 11-15, 1966 Air Force Maj . Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. 94: 35 59 revs. 2 Standup EVAs of Recovery Ship - Naval Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. 2 hrs 29 min. & Wasp (A) Col. Aldrin 55 min.; Umbilical Capt. Lovell EVA of 2 hrs. 6 min. by Aldrin *it I +,, . m, I APOLLO Apollo 7 Oct. 11-22, 1968 Naval Capt. Walter M. Schirra 260:8:45 163 revs. Recovery Ship - Air Force Maj. Donn Eisele Essex (A) Civilian Walter Cunningham I retired \ Lt. Col. Eisele Apollo 8 Dec. 21-27, 1968 Air Force Col. Frank Barman 147:OO:ll 10 revs. of Moon Recovery Ship - Naval Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. Yorktown (P) Air Force Lt. Col. William Anders retired Capt. Lovell . retired I Apollo 9 March 3-13, 1969 Air Force Col. James A. McDivitt 241:00:53 151 rev. of Earth (Gumdrop and Recovery Ship - Air Force Col. David R. Scott Spider). Guadalcanal (A Civilian Russell L. Schweickart Col. McDivitt Col. Scott **A or P After Recovery Ship Denotes Atlantic or Pacific -Pr(, j ect Date Crew *rank at present Time in Space Orbits/Revs Apllllo 10 May 18-26, 1969 Air Force Col. Thomas P. Stafford 192: 03: 23 31 revs. of Moon (Cliarlie Brown Recovery Ship - Navy Commander John W. Young an(’. Snoopy ) Princeton (P)** Navy Commander Eugene A. Cernan “01. Stafford Capt. Young Capt. Cernan Apollo 11 July 16-24, 1969 Civilian Neil A. Armstrong 195 :18:35 Lunar Landing (Cclumbia, Eagle, Recovery Ship - Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Collins 30 revs. of Moon Tr:lnq. Base) Hornet (P) Air Force Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Col. Collins is retired Apollo 12 November 14-24, 1969 Navy Comdr. Charles Conrad, Jr. 244: 36: 25 Lunar Landing (Ymkee Clipper Recovery Ship - Navy Comdr. Richard F. Gordon, Jr. 2 EVAs total and Intrepid) Hornet (P) Navy Comdr. Alan L. Bean 7hrs. 39 min. I =f Captains Conrad, Gordon & Bean 44 1/2 revs of , I Moon a, k* Apollo 13 April 11-17, 1970 Navy Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. 142: 54: 41 Planned lunar (Odyssey and Recovery Ship - Civilian Fred W. Haise, Jr. landing aborted 8 Aquarius ) Iwo Jima (P) Civilian John L. Swigert, Jr. arter service module oxygen tank rupture Cumulative Man Hours Total Flights: 23 (Atlantic Recoveries: 15 Aborts: G-8 Total6,262:50:03 Pacific Recoveries: 8 A-13 THE APOLLO 14 MISSION IS SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA., NO EARLIER THAN JANUARY 31,1971. **A or P After Recovery Ship Denotes Atlantic or Pacific -5- MANNED SPACE FLIGHT COSTS MERCURY Spacecraft- - - - - - - - - - - - 135,300,000 Launch Vehicles - - - - - - - - - - - - 82,900,000 Operations- - - - .- - - - - - - ... - 49,300,000 Tracking Operations and Equipment - - - 71,900,000 Facilities- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53,200,000 Total $392,100,000 GEMINI Spacecraft- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 797,400,000 Launch Vehicles - - - - - - - - - - - - 409.800,000 APOLLO MANNED LUNAR LANDING COST ESTIMATE The estimate carries costs of developing and producing 12 Saturn IB and 15 Saturn V launch vehicles, 18 spacecraft command and service modules and 12 lunar modules configured for manned flight, althaugh some of these will be used for other programs. Also included are costs of all facilities and the manned space flight tracking network. In addition, the cost of all operations in support of manned space flight through fiscal year 1970 is included. (in billions of dollars) ApoI.10 spacecraft- - - - - - - - - - - - - - $7 795 Saturn launch vehicles - - - - - - - - - - - 8 770 Engine development - - - - - - - - - - - - - .854 0perations.support - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 = 393 Tracking and data acquisition - - - - - - - .664 Facilities - ... - - -. - - - -. - - - - - - - - 1.830 Installation operations - - - - - - - - - - 2.412 Total Tzmm -more- -6- Apollo Program accrued costs through July 31, 1969; includes the first manned lunar landing. (Excluding fiscal year 70 funds) Ap 01 1o Space craft 6,939 Saturn Launch Vehicles 7,940 Saturn I 767 Saturn IB 1,127 Saturn V 6,046 Engine Development 854 Operations Support 1,137 Mission Control Systems 229 Launch Operations 219 Flight and Crew Operations 477 Technical Support 2 12 Tracking And Data Acquisition 541 Facilities 1,810 Manned Space Flight Facilities 1,631 Tracking And Data Facilities 179 MSF Center Operations 2 128 Tot a1 $21,349 Launch vehicles and spacecraft on hand or in final production for manned lunar landing missions and other programs after July 1969: 7 Saturn IB Launch Vehicles 9 Saturn V Launch Vehicles 13 Sapcecraft Command and Service Modules 9 Spacecraft Lunar Modules Value of the space hardware remaining after Apollo 11 was approximately $2 billion. Therefore, the first manned lunar landing was achieved for $19.3 billion. -more- - -7- APOLLO MISSION COSTS (included in Total Estimated Costs, above) .Apollo 7 Command & Service Module $55 million Saturn IB Launch Vehicle 45 11 Operations 45 11 $145 11 Apollo 8 Command & Service Module $55 11 Saturn V Launch Vehicle 185 11 Operations 70 11 $310 :I Apollo 9 Command & Service Module $55 11 Lunar Module 40 11 Satu-m V 185 11 Operations 60 11 $3400 11 Apollo 10 Command & Service Module $55 Lunar Module 40 11 Saturn 11 V 185 11 Ope rai t ons 70 $350 I! Apollo 11 Command & Service Module $55 11 Lunar Module 40 11 Saturn V 185 11 EASEP (lunar surface 5 11 instruments) 11 Operations 70 $355 11 Apollo 12'& 13 (per mission) 11 Command & Service Module $55 Lunar Module 40 11 Saturn.V 185 11 ALSEP (lunar surface 25 11 instruments ) Operations 11 & 11 Apollo 14 & 15 (per mi-ssion) Command & Service Module $55 11 LM 40 11 Saturn V 185 !l ALSEP (same as other) 25 11 Operations 95" 11 $400 1) * - Increase results from reduced launch rate -more- -8- APOLLO HISTORICAL SUMMARY Initial planning for a launch vehicle having a payload capability of the Saturn I began in April 1967.
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