Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of NASA's Apollo Lunar Expeditions - Brossura

Compton, William David

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ISBN 10: 0486478882 ISBN 13: 9780486478883

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

This official NASA history chronicles the behind-the-scenes conflicts and cooperation during the Apollo expeditions. It shows how the space agency's scientists, who were primarily interested in the moon itself, worked out their differences with the engineers, who were charged with the astronauts' safe landing and return. The close collaboration between the scientists and engineers ensured the success of a program that remains a major achievement for both fields.
The first half of the book concerns the preparations for the Moon landings, tracing the development of the Apollo science program from the earliest days. The second half documents the flights that followed Apollo 11, during which twelve astronauts explored the lunar surface and returned with samples for investigation. The author drew upon the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center's collection of more than 31,000 Apollo-related documents and conducted more than 300 interviews with program participants to assemble this definitive survey.

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Contenuti:

Introduction to the Dover Edition Preface Acknowlegments 1. America Starts for the Moon: 1957-1963 2. Linking Science to Manned Space Flight 3. Apollo's Lunar Exploration Plans 4. Handling Samples from the Moon 5. Selecting and Training the Crews 6. Mission and Science Planning: 1963-1966 7. Setback and Recovery: 1967 8. Final Preparations: 1968 9. Primary Mission Accomplished: 1969 10. Lunar Exploration Begins 11. First Phase of Lunar Exploration Completed: 1969-1970 12. Apollo Assumes Its Final Form: 1970-1971 13. Lunar Exploration Concluded 14. Project Apollo: The Conclusion Source Notes Appendix 1. Organization Charts 2. Apollo Funding History 3. Lunar Exploration Planning, 1961-1967 4. Chronology of Major Events in Manned Space Flight and in Project Apollo, 1957-1975 5. Summary Data on Apollo Missions 6. Prime and Backup Crews, Support Crews, and Capsule Communicators for Apollo Lunar Missions 7. Crew Training and Simulations 8. The Flight of Apollo 13 Bibliographic Essay Index The Author

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This official NASA history chronicles the Apollo astronauts' activities on the lunar surface, tracing the behind-the-scenes conflicts and cooperation between the space agency's scientists and engineers. The first half of the book concerns the preparations for the Moon landings, and the second half documents the flights that followed Apollo 11, in which 12 astronauts explored the lunar surface and returned with samples for investigation. It is a reprint of "The NASA History Series, Washington, DC", 1989 edition.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0486478882
• ISBN 13: 9780486478883
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 413