NASA's Moon Program - Paving the Way for Apollo 11
In 'Paving the Way for Apollo 11' David Harland explains the lure of the Moon to classical philosophers, astronomers, and geologists, and how NASA set out to investigate the Moon in preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. It focuses particularly on the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor missions.
With high resolution color scans from NASA/original Hasselblad film, this colorful book brings to life the flight detail of the Apollo missions. It is the first published account accessible to enthusiasts who wish to know what transpired during the missions.
Table of contents: Astronomers' Moon - Geologists' Moon - The space age dawns - Preparing Ranger - The Apollo commitment - Ranger struggles - Ranger triumphs - Soviet activity - Developing Lunar Orbiter - On the surface - The Apollo zone - Scratching the Moon - Orbiters for science - Tasting the Moon - Apollo development - Apollo picks up the pace.
Autor: | David M. Harland |
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Szczegóły: | 504 strony, 24 x 17 x 2.3 cm, miękka oprawa |
Ilustracje: | 170 bogato ilustrowane, zdjęcia czarno-białe i kolorowe |
Wydawca: | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (USA, 2007) |
EAN: | 9780387681313 |
NASA's Moon Program - Paving the Way for Apollo 11
Język: angielski
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