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Navigation and Guidance
Space Navigation Guidance and Control, Volume 1
Space Navigation Guidance and Control, Volume 2
Study of powered descent trajectories for manned lunar landings, Project Apollo, August 9, 1963
NASA TM X-58040 Apollo Lunar Decent and Ascent Trajectories (ALSJ)
Apollo CSM and LM onboard navigation system constraints
Apollo: Guidance and control system
Apollo: Guidance and control system 2
Possible Simplification of the Apollo Entry Guidance
LM powered descent trajectory for the Apollo lunar landing mission
LM Descent Guidance for a Feasibility Study to Simplify Apollo Guidance
LM powered ascent trajectory for the Apollo lunar landing mission
Project Apollo - A proposed LEM descent trajectory and fuel budget
Simplified Software for the Apollo Guidance Computer - CSM Powered Flight Programs
Analysis of current LEM powered-descent trajectories
Apollo guidance and navigation. Volume 2 Primary G and N system lunar orbit operations
Description of Apollo Entry Guidance
MIT's role in Project Apollo. Volume 3: Computer subsystem
MIT's role in Project Apollo. Volume 5: The software effort
Reliability history of the Apollo guidance computer
Lunar descent and ascent trajectories
Delta V performance of the Apollo LM ascent trajectory
Dynamic analysis of the LEM flight control system
Apollo guidance and navigation. Guidance and navigation system for lunar excursion module (1962)
Manual abort guidance from the midcourse region of a lunar mission
A linearized error analysis of onboard primary navigation systems for the Apollo lunar module
A simplified guidance scheme for aborting lunar landings
Analysis of sextant navigation measurements during lunar module rendezvous
A simple abort scheme for lunar landings
Revised LM descent and ascent delta V budgets for the lunar landing mission
A method for star vector determination from alignment optical telescope sighting
Real-time data processing and orbit determination on the Apollo tracking ships
Apollo navigation ground and onboard capabilities
NEWSummary of Apollo guidance and navigation error analysis
NEWMaximum allowable lateral velocity errors during LM powered descent - Program Apollo
NEWApollo Primary Guidance Navigation and Control System, addendum PGNCS Final report
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