Apollo : The Definitive Sourcebook

Richard W Orloff

ISBN 10: 0387300430 / ISBN 13: 9780387300436

Editore: Springer New York Mär 2006, 2006

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Neuware - On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a specialized vehicle would accompany the main spacecraft, to make the lunar landing while the mothership remained in lunar orbit. To send these vehicles to the Moon would require the development of an enormous rocket. Development was protracted, but in December 1968 Apollo 8 was launched on a pioneering mission to perform an initial reconnaissance in lunar orbit. When Apollo 17 lifted off from the Moon in December 1972, the program was concluded. Now, at long last, there is a real prospect of a resumption of human exploration of the Moon.This bookprovides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and programme-makers on radio and TV. Itsupplements tha other books that have focused on the politics and management of the Apollo program, the astronauts, and their training and exploits.

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• Titolo: Apollo : The Definitive Sourcebook
• Editore: Springer New York Mär 2006
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0387300430
• ISBN 13: 9780387300436
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 247 L x 172 A x 30 P (millimetri) 247 millimetri di larghezza per 172 millimetri di altezza per 30 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1084 grammi

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Riassunto

This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that were developed in the quest to reach – and return from - the surface of the moon. It will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and others. The text includes a comprehensive collection of tables listing facts and figures for each mission.

Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Orloff is a historian of the Apollo program who, in 2000, compiled a review of the Apollo missions, supplemented by a comprehensive tabular statistical reference. This was published by NASA and is now out of print. David Harland is also a space historian who has studied and written extensively about the Apollo program.