Lunar Bus
Spacecraft · USA
Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.
American lunar logistics spacecraft. Study 1962. The lunar 'bus'; was an early NASA Apollo logistics vehicle study.
The spacecraft "bus" concept could be adapted for use first on the Saturn C-1B and later on the Saturn C-5 launch vehicles. It would deliver supplies to a manned lunar expedition.
Related
- Family
- Lunar logistics spacecraft, Moon
- Country
- USA
- Bibliography
- 16
Chronology
2 events
1962 August 2
- Apollo lunar bus - .
Nation: USA.
Program: Apollo.
Spacecraft: Lunar Bus.
NASA's Office of Manned Space Flight issued Requests for Proposals for a study of the lunar "bus" and studies for payloads which could be handled by the C-1B and C-5 launch vehicles. Contract awards were expected by September 1 and completion of the studies by December 1.
1962 August 8
- Two Apollo lunar logistic studies - .
Nation: USA.
Program: Apollo.
Spacecraft: Lunar Bus.
At a bidders' conference held at NASA Headquarters, proposals were requested from Centers and industry for two lunar logistic studies: a spacecraft "bus" concept that could be adapted for use first on the Saturn C-1B and later on the Saturn C-5 launch vehicles and a variety of payloads which could be soft-landed near manned Apollo missions. The latter study would determine how a crew's stay on the moon might be extended, how human capability for scientific investigation of the moon might be increased, and how man's mobility on the moon might be facilitated.