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Shoot for the moon : the space race and the extraordinary voyage of Apollo 11 /

Jim Donovan, Author | Boston : Little Brown & Company | 2019

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. One of the world's greatest technological achievements, the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedic[...]

Apollo in the Age of Aquarius

Neil M. Maher, Author | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press | 2017

This title shows how the celestial aspirations of NASA's Apollo space program were tethered to terrestrial concerns, from the civil rights struggle and the antiwar movement to environmentalism, feminism, and the counterculture. With its lavishly[...]

After Apollo? : Richard Nixon and the American space program /

John M. Logsdon, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2015

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' The success of the Apollo 11 mission satisfied the goal that had been set by President John F. Kennedy just over eight years earlier. It also raised th[...]

Go, Flight! : the unsung heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992 /

Rick Houston, Author ; Milt Heflin, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2015

At first glance, it looks like just another auditorium in just another government building. But among the talented men (and later women) who worked in mission control, the room located on the third floor of Building 30 - at what is now Johnson [...]

Sharing the Shuttle with America: NASA and public engagement after Apollo

Amy Kaminski, Author | [S.l.] : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 2015

Mapping the publics and engagement modes NASA regarded as crucial to the Shuttle's legitimacy, this case study exposes the visions of public accountability and other influences -- including changing perceptions of a technology -- that can govern[...]

E-resource

A fire on the moon

Norman Mailer, Author | [S.l.] : Penguin Books | 2014

Marketing the moon : the selling of the Apollo lunar program /

David Meerman Scott, Author ; Richard Jurek, Author | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 2014

In July 1969, ninety-four percent of American televisions were tuned to coverage of Apollo 11's mission to the moon. How did space exploration, once the purview of rocket scientists, reach a larger audience than My Three Sons? Why did a governm[...]

No requiem for the space age : the Apollo moon landings and American culture /

Matthew D. Tribbe, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2014

"During the summer of 1969-the summer Americans first walked on the moon-musician and poet Patti Smith recalled strolling down the Coney Island Boardwalk to a refreshment stand, where "pictures of Jesus, President Kennedy, and the astronauts wer[...]

Doing the impossible : George E. Mueller and the running of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program /

Arthur L. Slotkin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

This account of one of the most important personalities in early American human spaceflight history describes for the first time how George E. Mueller, the system manager of the human spaceflight program of the 1960s, applied the SPO methodolog[...]

Falling to Earth : An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon

Al Worden, Author ; Francis French, Author | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Books | 2011

The author describes his life, from his early years growing up on a farm to his years as an astronaut with NASA, including flying the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971

Lunar excursion module familiarization manual

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (United States), Issuing body | United States : Periscope Film LLC | 2011

originally created for NASA by Grumman in 1964, thie LEM Familiarization Manual provides an operational description of all subsystems and major components of the lunar lander. It includes sections about the LEM mission, spacecraft structure, ope[...]

The Apollo guidance computer : architecture and operation

Frank O'Brien | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2010

The book describes the Apollo guidance computer's architecture, executive software, and the programs used by the astronauts.

Space flight : history, technology, and operations /

Lance K. Erickson, Author | Lanham, Md. : Government Institutes | 2010

Apollo 17

Robert Godwin, Editor | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | The NASA mission reports | 2009

Content : 1. Summary -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Trajectory -- 4. Lunar surface science -- 5. Inflight science and photography -- 6. Medical experiments and inflight demonstrations -- 7. Command and service module -- 8. Lunar module performance -- [...]

Abenteuer Apollo 11 : von der Mondlandung zur Erkundung des Mars

Jesco von Puttkamer | [S.l.] : Herbig | 2009

Paving the way for Apollo 11

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2008

The book relates how the robotic projects were scaled up to make possible the first Apollo lunar landing.

Apollo advanced lunar exploration planning

Robert Godwin | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | Apogee Books space series | 2007

In the Shadow of the Moon : A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969

Francis French, Author ; Colin Burgess, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2007

Tells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences[...]

E-resource

Apollo spacecraft news reference : (lunar module)

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. ; Public Affairs, Space. ; United States. ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ; Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2006

DVD Grumman lunar module TM-1-1964 -- Grummann lunar simulator -- LM construction 1964 -- EVA suit test 1964 -- LM descent engine tests -- LM underwater ingress training -- LM assembly 1968 -- LM peel-away slide show.

Unconventional, contrary, and ugly : the lunar landing research vehicle

Gene J. Matranga ; Wayne Ottinger ; United States. ; Calvin R. Jarvis ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2006

Apollo, Challenger, Columbia : the decline of the space program : a study in organizational communication /

Phillip K. Tompkins, Author ; Emily V. Tompkins, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2005

The book is a compelling, richly detailed, longitudinal case study concentrating on processual changes in communication-as-organization. In this book, Tompkins introduces theory subtly, inserting it to explain details of the organization that w[...]

First man : the life of Neil A. Armstrong /

James R. Hansen, Author | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2005 [2012]

On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch 38-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was celebrated for his monumental[...]

Project Apollo : the tough decisions

Robert C. Jr. Seamans ; United States. ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2005

E-resource

Apollo : en route vers les etoiles

Kim Hogg | [S.l.] : TF1 Video | 2004

Apollo 11 : men on the Moon

Mark Gray | [S.l.] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 2003

From the moment man set foot on a body other than Earth, the world has been a different place. This eceptional chronicle of Apollo 11 features new digital transfers of film and television coverage unmatched by any other.

The moonlandings : an eyewitness account

Reginald Turnill ; Buzz Aldrin | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2003

Project Gemini : a bold leap forward

Mark Gray | [S.l.] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 2003

Sometimes overlooked, Project Gemini was the crucible of America's space experience. Originally conceived as the "Mercury Mark II" program, the need to master rendezvous, EVA and long duration missions transformed Gemini into a bold exploration.

Apollo 17 : the NASA mission reports

Robert Godwin, Editor ; United States, Editor | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | The NASA mission reports | 2002

It was just past midnight in the early morning hours of 7 December 1972 when the last manned Saturn V roared from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. Strapped into the crowded Command Module were Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module P[...]

Apollo 9 : the NASA mission reports

Robert Godwin | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2002

Virtual Apollo : a pictorial essay of the engineering and construction of the Apollo command and service modules : the historic spacecraft that took man on the Moon

Scott P. Sullivan | [S.l.] : Collector's Guide Pub. | 2002