Moon Launch!: A History of the Saturn-Apollo Launch Operations - Brossura

Benson, Charles D.; Faherty, William B.

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ISBN 10: 0813020948 ISBN 13: 9780813020945

Casa editrice: Univ Pr of Florida, 2001

Riassunto

The authors provide readers with a fascinating portrait of the facilities used to put the first man on the moon and describes in detail each mission. Reprint.

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Moon Launch! recreates the exciting story of the astronauts and engineers, scientists and technicians, politicians and public citizens who expanded the world's understanding of humanity's potential, the people responsible for the Project Apollo flights to the moon. Through their teamwork at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral became the spaceport for the nation and, in the minds of many, the gateway to the universe. A companion to Gateway to the Moon and also part of the 1978 NASA History Series Moonport volume, this illustrated book describes the seven missions to the moon launched between 1969 and 1972. With the exception of the abortive Apollo 13 flight, all landed successfully. As the story progresses, astronauts explore the moon's surface in the lunar rover (complete with bucket seats and power steering), set up experiments, and bring back hundreds of pounds of lunar geological samples. The book concludes with a description of the last and most spectacular liftoff, Apollo 17, launched on a dark December night before a crowd of nearly 500,000 visitors.

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• Editore: Univ Pr of Florida
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0813020948
• ISBN 13: 9780813020945
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336