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1) To a rocky moon: a geologist's history of lunar exploration

Author

Wilhelms, Don E

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Description

xx, 477 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

2) The lunar exploration scrapbook: a pictorial history of lunar vehicles

Author

Godwin, Robert

Pub. Date

[2007]

Physical Description

221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Language

English

3) Exploring the moon: the Apollo expeditions

Author

Harland, David M

Series

Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Springer-Praxis series in space science and technology

Language

English

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

Author

Donovan, Jim

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook

Description

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"When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon's surface, both astronauts looked down at me computer to see 1202 flashing on the readout. Neither of them knew what it meant, and time was running out... 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--and a triumph of American spirit and ingenuity--the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking...

5) Eight years to the moon: the history of the Apollo missions

Author

Atkinson, Nancy

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Description

240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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In July of 1969, three astronauts set off on an historic mission to land on the moon. Now, 50 years later, a new book celebrates the achievement of the Apollo missions, detailing an incredible period of science and engineering history. Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions tells the unique personal stories of over 60 engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program possible. The eight years from...

6) Handbook of Soviet lunar and planetary exploration

Author

Johnson, Nick

Series

AAS science and technology volume 47

Pub. Date

[1979]

Physical Description

xiv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

7) Lunar and planetary rovers: the wheels of Apollo and the quest for Mars

Author

Young, Anthony

Series

Springer-Praxis books in space exploration

Pub. Date

[2007]

Physical Description

xxv, 305 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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This book gives the history of the race to develop the vehicle to be used on the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions. It includes many hitherto unpublished, historic photographs, and fascinating quotes from the men who actually drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon. The book also gives a vivid description of the Martian robotic rovers and looks at NASA's new Vision for Exploration which will employ new manned rovers on the Moon, and into the future...

8) Marketing the moon: the selling of the Apollo lunar program

Author

Scott, David Meerman

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Description

xiii, 130 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25x29 cm

Language

English

9) Man on the moon

Pub. Date

2008.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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Disc 1. This disc covers the pre-launch preparations for the flight and moon landing by Neil Armstrong and Buz Aldrin. It goes on to cover the subsequent landings on the moon and includes the Apollo 13 rescue and the first launch of the shuttle Columbia. Disc 2. The 40th anniversary edition includes the history of NASA, an introduction to the people who made the Mercury and Apollo programs possible, an inside look at the Apollo mission and an additional...