Space Program Apollo Landing Radar (1 results)
Published by Ryan Aeronautical Company, [Teledyne], [1968-1972]., [San Deigo, Lindbergh Field, CA]:, 1968
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFour pieces. 1st - 4to. [24 pp (unpaginated).], printed in mustard & black. With photo illustrations, text illustrations (some in two-colours), diagrams. Illustrated softcover, black & white cover art image representing Moon (slight dustsoiling), NF copy, w/ ownership marking on front cover; 2nd-4th - Oblong 4to. Three original…"Official" Ryan photographs, 2 black & white, w/ Teledyne/Ryan stamps on versos, & 1 colour photo on matte finish "Kodak Paper" w/ inscription on verso "For Roland, Thanks for a great job (as usual), Ronald "Ronny" L. Naylor (1934-2022), 2/18/72, very successful engineer for Teledyne/Ryan Aeronautical who designed and held the patent for the Array Antenna for the Apollo XI lunar module, used on the first lunar landing, July 20, 1969. First edition of this remarkably scarce promotional catalogue for the landing radar developed by Naylor (1934-2022) for the Apollo Lunar Module, which was an advanced version of the Radar Altimeter and Doppler Velocity Sensor (RADVS) used previously on the Surveyor program. The LM landing radar offered essential continuous measurement of the LM altitude and velocity relative to the Lunar surface during descent and landing, essential to the success of the Apollo XI first Lunar landing. The first of the photo depicts Naylor in the Ryan/Teledyne labs with shielded landing radar in box with two colleagues; the second shows Teledyne radar equipment on the Lunar surface next to the LM leg, and final with inscription from Naylor on back depicts unit developed by 1972 for the US Army. No copies in Worldcat; Similar copy issued 1969 following the Apollo XI mission held by Purdue Univ. Archives.