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Notice to readers PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 20 December 2009 00:45

Auto-registration has been re-enabled!

Thanks to a wonderful product called SecurityImages (than ks to www.waltercedric.com) we are able to accept automatic registration of new users.

However, the Contacts and Guestbook services have been moved to the Registered users area. You will find them after logging in.

If you want to contact us without registering please send an e-mail to capcom {at} spacecraft {dot} it.

And the NASA Spaceflight feed is back to operational status. Check it out as NASA Spaceflight is a wonderful site and a must have for all those technically minded.

Please remember that you need to be registered to access some sections, including the Downloads one.
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 April 2010 22:38
 
Apollo 11 Anniversary in Rome PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Saturday, 18 July 2009 04:19

The city of Rome is bustling with activity related to the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11.

We will try to provide a report on the most significant events, but for the meanwhile please note that spacecraft.it will be part of one of these events starting the 18th and ending the 26th. you can find us every day at Villa Torlonia / Technotown where activities for kids, teens and grown ups will be held between 18.30 and 23.30.

AVVISO AGLI UTENTI ITALIANI

Veniteci a trovare a Technotown, all'interno di Villa Torlonia, tutte le sere dalle 18.30 alle 23.30, dal 18 al 26 Luglio. Ci saranno attività per bambini e ragazzi, filmati speciali, informazioni sui mezzi che hanno portato l'Uomo sulla Luna, un simulatore di atterraggio lunare e, dulcis in fundo, la possibilità di scoprire il software del computer dell'Apollo. 
Last Updated on Saturday, 18 July 2009 04:25
 
Apologies due PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Friday, 19 June 2009 13:51

We are happy to notice the continuous trickle of new users, but at the same time we feel guilty that the site is more or less static since at least three months. Recent events in the Virtual AGC project, and the upcoming Apollo 11 anniversary, took all the little spare time we used to devote to this site. The "team" will be in fact involved in a week-long public event that will be held in Rome, mainly targetd to kids and teenagers, but interesting also for "grown-ups". If you happen to be travelling in this part of the world drop us a note and join us at the event.

Therefore apologies to the registered users, and even more apologies to the new ones, for the lack of recent interesting additions. But they will come: we have, for instance, a number of small, but interesting and never seen before documents related to A8, A9, A10 that we are ready to publish, as soon as we can stop to write some intelligent remarks. And then there are the other 20 or 30 documents that we have in the pipeline for assemblying into PDF's and commenting.

We will also continue to add original pictures from our collections with detailed explanations. That will take time but it has been requested more than once.

In closing, let us remind that this site is open to volunteers: you can contribute in many ways, mainly writing interesting pieces, articles, descriptions. But also commenting on the existing material will be a great help.
Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2009 15:38
 
Newly added content PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 10 October 2008 14:28

11 Apr 2010 - Apollo 13 40th Anniversary

To remember the events that led to the most successful failure in the history of human spaceflight we are providing some new historical documents never seen around before. See also the related articles just posted in the Apollo Program - Mission Related category.

01 Feb 2009 - Apollo 8 Preliminary Flight Plan

A new, short, historical document, celebrating the Apollo 8 anniversary, is available in the Downloads section, with an accompanying article that discusses some interesting aspects related to it.

30 Jan 2009 - Now you can add comments to articles

The capability to add comments to articles (reserved to Register Users) has been added. Hopefully this will improve the feedback rate that currently is pretty close to zero. Thanks to the nifty add-on called yvComments by Yuri Volkov.

31 Dec 2008 - First public release

The site address has been posted around. We are looking for contributors and be sure to check often: we have a few tens of scanned documents to publish and annotate.

22 Nov 2008 - Mission Techniques books guide

A short description of the Mission Techniques books, their scope and their use. It will be followed by more information.

25 Oct 2008 - AGC State Vector stuff

The first in a series of articles about the Apollo Guidance Computer and its software, based on the availabilty of the excellent emulator implemented by Ron Burkey.

11 Oct 2008 - Apollo 7 launch, 40th anniversary

We are happy to open this site in beta-release on the exact anniversary date of Apollo 7 launch. Initial offerings is some background material about Bill Tindall and MPAD as well as a few pictures in the Gallery. In the Downloads section a high quality copy of Volume 2 of Apollo Operations Handbook (CSM) is also available, result of much work undergone this summer. Enjoy and remember to sign the Guestbook.

Coming soon

These are a few things we are (still) working on:

  • LM guidance and control landing modes
  • A chronology of Apollo Mission Techniques documents
  • Missing captions for many pictures in the gallery
  • ... and more.

 
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 April 2010 22:48
 
There are users and users PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Wednesday, 03 September 2008 23:21

This web site is configured for three kinds of users: unregistered, registered and authors. Anybody can become an author upon request and we prefer to register users to keep a tab on the site usage and to inform people about important updates.
Last Updated on Saturday, 31 January 2009 18:21
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