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Operation moonglow : a political history of project Apollo /

Teasel E. Muir-Harmony, Author | New York : Basic Books | 2020

"On July 20th, 1969, over half of the world's population tuned in to witness the first lunar landing, waiting with bated breath as Neil Armstrong ventured outside the cabin door of Apollo 11 and declared "that's one small step for [a] man, one g[...]

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[...]

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 [...]

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[...]

"Before this decade is out..." : personal refelections on the Apollo program

Glen E. Swanson, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2012

On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot to another celestial body. Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds [...]

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John F. Kennedy and the race to the moon

John M. Logsdon | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

Foothold in the Heavens : the seventies

Ben Evans | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2010

Moon men return : USS Hornet and the recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts

Scott W. Carmichael | [S.l.] : Naval Institute Press | 2010

This detailed account draws not only on historical records but also on the memories of eighty men who served aboard the Hornet and participated in the recovery operation, including Navy UDT frogman John M. Wolfram, who was the first to reach the[...]

The partnership : a NASA history of the Apollo-Soyuz test project /

Edward Clinton Ezell, Author ; Linda Neuman Ezell, Author | [S.l.] : Dover Publications | 2010

The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the first joint U.S.-Soviet space flight, in which teams from the two nations met in orbit to test an international docking system and conduct both collaborative and independent studies. This authori[...]

Abenteuer Apollo 11 : von der Mondlandung zur Erkundung des Mars

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

Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight

David A. Mindell | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 2008

Digital Apollo : human and machine in spaceflight

David A. Mindell | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | 2008

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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.

On the moon : the Apollo journals

Grant Heiken ; Eric M. Jones | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 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[...]

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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

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Apollo, the race to the moon

Charles A. Murray, Author ; Catherine Bly Cox, Author | Burkittsville, Md. : South Mountain Books | 2004

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[...]

Taking science to the Moon : lunar experiments and the Apollo program

Donald A. Beattie | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2001

How did science get aboard the Apollo rockets, and what did scientists do with the space allotted to them? "Taking science to the Moon" describes, from the perspective of NASA headquarters, the struggles that took place to include science payloa[...]

Exploring the moon : the Apollo expeditions

David Michael Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis series in space science and technology | 1999

"Exploring the Moon" focuses on the exploration carried out by the Apollo astronauts while on the lunar surface, and not on the technology of getting there. It is a story of the great adventure of exploring the Moon, and combines the words of t[...]

Managing the Moon program : lessons learned from Project Apollo : proceedings of an oral history workshop conducted July 21, 1989

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 1999

A man on the Moon : the voyages of the Apollo astronauts

Andrew L. Chaikin | [S.l.] : Penguin Books | 1994

"An outstanding work of popular scholarship... Andrew Chaikin tells the story of the voyages of the Apollo astronauts, from the disastrous fire in the cockpit of Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, to the geological discoveries made by the first[...]

Moon shot : the inside story of America's race to the moon /

Alan B. Shepard, Author ; Donald K. Slayton, Author | [S.l.] : Turner Pub. | 1994

This book is a complete and informative summary of the race to the Moon, stressing the individuals involved, their feelings and accomplishments. The book begins with the German rocket builder, Wernher von Braun, whom the US Army brought to Hunts[...]