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Astronauts --- Eisele, Donn, --- Apollo 7 (Spacecraft) --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Apollo Seven (Spacecraft) --- Apollo Project (U.S.) --- United States. --- Progetto Apollo (U.S.)
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On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. One month later, President John F. Kennedy challenged the American nation to land a man on the Moon before the decade was out. On 16 July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin set off in Apollo 11 to attempt this audacious mission, and succeeded magnificently. This book tells the story of Apollo 11, starting with crew selection and training, the choice of the landing site, and the assembly of the space vehicle, then a detailed account of the mission, featuring the lunar landing and moonwalk, and a review of how our knowledge of the Moon's history was revolutionised as a result. The story is enlivened by dialogue between the astronauts in space and the flight controllers in Mission Control.
Space flight to the moon. --- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Moon --- Exploration. --- Apollo Project (U.S.) --- United States. --- Progetto Apollo (U.S.) --- Apollo XI (Spacecraft) --- Apollo Eleven (Spacecraft) --- Flight to the moon --- Lunar expeditions --- Lunar flight --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics
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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 of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon.
Space race --- Astronautics --- Space flight to the moon. --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Flight to the moon --- Lunar expeditions --- Lunar flight --- History. --- History --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Apollo Project (U.S.) --- United States. --- Progetto Apollo (U.S.)
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Communication in politics --- Mass media --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics --- Political communication --- Political science --- Influence. --- Influence --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Apollo Project (U.S.) --- United States. --- Progetto Apollo (U.S.) --- United States --- Politics and government --- 1961-1963
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Beginning in 1967, Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo chronicles the program's twelve missions and its two follow-ons, Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
Space photography --- Space flight to the moon --- Photography in astronautics --- Spaceborne photography --- Astronomical photography --- Flight to the moon --- Lunar expeditions --- Lunar flight --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Apollo Project (U.S.) --- United States. --- Progetto Apollo (U.S.) --- History.
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"Coauthored with spaceflight historian Francis French, "The Light of Earth" is Al Worden's wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in which he was privileged to be a leading participant"--
Manned space flight --- Astronauts --- History. --- Worden, Al, --- Project Apollo (U.S.)
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"In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next fourteen months, NASA vigorously debated several options. At first the consensus was to send one big rocket with several astronauts to the moon, land and explore, and then take off and return the astronauts to earth in the same vehicle. Another idea involved launching several smaller Saturn V rockets into the earth orbit, where a lander would be assembled and fueled before sending the crew to the moon. But it was a small group of engineers led by John C. Houbolt who came up with the plan that propelled human beings to the moon and back-not only safely, but faster, cheaper, and more reliably. Houbolt and his colleagues called it "lunar orbit rendezvous," or "LOR." At first the LOR idea was ignored, then criticized, and finally dismissed by many senior NASA officials. Nevertheless, the group, under Houbolt's leadership, continued to press the LOR idea, arguing that it was the only way to get men to the moon and back by President Kennedy's deadline. Houbolt persisted, risking his career in the face of overwhelming opposition. This is the story of how John Houbolt convinced NASA to adopt the plan that made history"--
Aerospace engineers --- Space flight to the moon --- History. --- Houbolt, John C. --- Project Apollo (U.S.)
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Space flight to the moon --- History --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- History.
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Lunar dust --- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) --- Moon --- Atmosphere --- Space science. --- Lunar dust.
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"Exploring the impacts of NASA's space program on American society and culture After Apollo explores how NASA's space program impacted American society during and after the race to the Moon, looking back at the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing from the perspective of the present day. Centering on the human dimension of spaceflight, this multidisciplinary book contains chapters that address the effects of the space race on science, politics, art, fashion, and popular culture. Several essays cover themes that directly touch on the space program itself, such as the sheer improbability of the Moon landing, the hidden chemistry behind human spaceflight, and the critical role played by immigrants in making space exploration a reality. Others consider societal repercussions, such as how immense space expenditures drew attention to underfunded social programs and paved the way for Great Society social legislation, as well as how cultural narratives of exploration and the frontier evolved as the program's goals changed. Many of the authors look at the interplay between art and space exploration, beginning with the role of popular entertainment in selling spaceflight to the public. Showcasing the work of contributors representing diverse areas of study, After Apollo details the many and varied human impacts and cultural spin-offs that came to pass as the mythology and eventual reality of space travel permeated American society"-- "This book explores how NASA's space program impacted American society and culture during and after the race to the Moon, looking back at the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing from the perspective of the present day"--
Space flight to the moon --- History. --- United States. --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Moon --- Exploration.
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