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Richard Horace Battin
Adjunct Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summary
Richard Battin was responsible for creating the guidance and navigation concepts for the Apollo spacecraft's on-board flight computers. He was an associate director of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory when it was selected by NASA in 1961 to develop the spacecraft's guidance and navigation system. Subsequently, he was director of mission development for the MIT Apollo program. He organized and led a large team of analysts and computer specialists charged with providing the navigation, guidance, and control software for each of the Apollo flights. Battin is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Battin received an S.B. in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1945, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, also from MIT, in 1951.
| Current Institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Department | Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| Disciplines | |
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge Massachusetts 02139 United States Phone: |
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D.,
Applied Mathematics
(1951)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B.,
Electrical Engineering
(1945)
Work Experience
Adjunct Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Director
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Achievements
General
Publication Summary
Select Publications
- Laning J. Halcombe, and Richard H. Battin. Random Processes in Automatic Control. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1956.
- Battin, Richard H. A Navigation Theory for Round-Trip Reconaissance Missions to Venus and Mars. Cambridge, MA: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, 1959.
- Alonso, R. L., R. Battin, P. Bowditch, J. M. Dahlen, J. H. Laning, Jr., R. J. Magee, K. Nordtvedt, R. A. Scholten, H. H. Seward, and M. B. Trageser. “Interplanetary Navigation System Study, Volume iii of iii.” 1 April 1960. (64N81342 or 71N75477) Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
- Battin, Richard H. Circumlunar Trajectory Calculations. Cambridge, MA: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, 1962.
- Draper, C. S., M. Trageser, D. Hoag, and R. Battin. “Slide Reprints of Presentation at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D. C.” 15 April 1963. (73N74771) Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
- Draper, C. S., M. B. Trageser, D. G. Hoag, P. K. Bryant, and R. H. Battin. “Reprints of Presentation to Northeast Executives Visit at Instrumentation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.” 13 March 1964. (78N70354) Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
- Battin, Richard H. Astronautical Guidance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1964.
- Battin, Richard H. Application of Kalman Filtering Techniques to the Apollo Program. Cambridge, MA: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, 1969.
- Battin, Richard H. Space Guidance and Navigation. New York, NY: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1970.
- Battin, Richard H. An Introduction to the Mathematics and Methods of Astrodynamics. New York, NY: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1987.
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