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Author: Calvin Garbett Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 210
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The Apollo Lunar Module, or simply Lunar Module, originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module, was the lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the U.S. Apollo program. Although much has been written about the first men to set foot on the moon, those first hesitant steps would not have been possible without the efforts of the designers and technicians assigned to Project Apollo. This book the story of the people who built and tested the lunar modules that were deployed on missions as well as the modules that never saw the light of day.
Author: Calvin Garbett Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 210
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The Apollo Lunar Module, or simply Lunar Module, originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module, was the lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the U.S. Apollo program. Although much has been written about the first men to set foot on the moon, those first hesitant steps would not have been possible without the efforts of the designers and technicians assigned to Project Apollo. This book the story of the people who built and tested the lunar modules that were deployed on missions as well as the modules that never saw the light of day.
Author: Joshua Stoff Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738535869 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 120
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In 1961, after the United States had acquired a total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience, President John F. Kennedy announced his plans for landing a man on the moon by 1970. The space race had begun. In 1962, after a strenuous competition, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, Long Island, had won the contract to build the lunar module-the spacecraft that would take Americans to the moon. This was the first, and the only, vehicle designed to take humans from one world to another. Although much has been written about the first men to set foot on the moon, those first hesitant steps would not have been possible without the efforts of the designers and technicians assigned to Project Apollo. Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module tells the story of the people who built and tested the lunar modules that were deployed on missions as well as the modules that never saw the light of day. This is the first publication to chronicle the visual history of the design, construction, and launch of the lunar module-one of the most historic machines in all of human history.
Author: Roger D Launius Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300245165 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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Fifty years after the Moon landing, a new history of the space race explores the lives of both Soviet and American engineers At the dawn of the space age, technological breakthroughs in Earth orbit flight were both breathtaking feats of ingenuity and disturbances to a delicate global balance of power. In this short book, aerospace historian Roger D. Launius concisely and engagingly explores the driving force of this era: the race to the Moon. Beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 and closing with the end of the Apollo program in 1972, Launius examines how early space exploration blurred the lines between military and civilian activities, and how key actions led to space firsts as well as crushing failures. Launius places American and Soviet programs on equal footing—following American aerospace engineers Wernher von Braun and Robert Gilruth, their Soviet counterparts Sergei Korolev and Valentin Glushko, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov—to highlight key actions that led to various successes, failures, and ultimately the American Moon landing.
Author: Nancy Atkinson Publisher: Page Street Publishing ISBN: 1624144918 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 240
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look At NASA’s incredible Journey to the Moon Space journalist and insider Nancy Atkinson weaves together the riveting story of NASA’s mission to complete “the greatest adventure on which humankind ever embarked.” This incredible account is a keepsake celebrating some of the most important and dramatic events in modern history. Told through over 60 personal interviews and oral histories, as well as personal photographs, this tribute to the men and women who made the Apollo 11 mission a reality chronicles the highs and lows that accompanied the race to the Moon: the devastating flash fire that killed the crew of Apollo 1; the awe of those who saw their years-in-the-making contributions to space exploration blast off from Cape Canaveral; the knuckle-biting descent of Apollo 11 to the lunar surface; a near-catastrophic event on the crew’s flight home; the infectious excitement and jubilation across the world after the astronauts returned safely to Earth. These little-known stories of the dedicated engineers, mathematicians and scientists in the 1960s reveal the “hows” of the Apollo missions and bring to life the wonder and excitement of humanity’s first steps on the Moon.
Author: Thomas J. Kelly Publisher: Smithsonian Institution ISBN: 1588343618 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 304
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Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test failures, including propulsion-system leaks, ascent-engine instability, stress corrosion of the aluminum alloy parts, and battery problems, as well as their fixes under the ever-present constraints of budget and schedule. He also recaptures the exhilaration of hearing Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong report that “The Eagle has landed,” and the pride of having inadvertently provided a vital “lifeboat” for the crew of the disabled Apollo 13.
Author: Jasmin Defalco Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
The Apollo Lunar Module, or simply Lunar Module, originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module, was the lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the U.S. Apollo program. Although much has been written about the first men to set foot on the moon, those first hesitant steps would not have been possible without the efforts of the designers and technicians assigned to Project Apollo. This book the story of the people who built and tested the lunar modules that were deployed on missions as well as the modules that never saw the light of day.
Author: Courtney G. Brooks Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486467562 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 580
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Written by a trio of experts, this is the definitive reference on the Apollo spacecraft and lunar modules. It traces the design of the vehicles, their development, and their operation in space. More than 100 photographs and illustrations highlight the text, which begins with NASA's origins and concludes with the triumphant Apollo 11 moon mission.
Author: Calvin Garbett
Author: Calvin Garbett
Author: Joshua Stoff
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Author: Nancy Atkinson
Author: Thomas J. Kelly
Author: Jasmin Defalco
Author: Courtney G. Brooks