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Apollo 11: The NASA Mission Reports Vol 1: Apogee Books Space Series 5

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Of all NASA Mission Reports; the one on APOLLO 11 is the best and most exciting! I'm sure you can figure out why! Next to the book: FIRST ON THE MOON; I'm using APOLLO 11'S ist volume and volume 2(nasa mission reports) to represent all the other mission reports! You cannot; for the money; find more information and hundreds of beautiful; priceless photos of each mission; each mission report is priceless in itsself! Robert Godwin and NASA has really done a tremendous job on these reports; and thank goodness they have finally came out! To me, a big APOLLO fan, this is the next best thing , than having each book filled with real Moon rocks, and the men who went there! P.S.: And the CD that comes with each book on each mission has hundreds of photos; both in black and white; on lunar surface, and in Lem as well, including orbiting the Moon, and showing beautiful pictures of Earth! I simply do not know how you; Mr. Godwin and NASA did it; but thanks so much for these mission reports! They are truly worth the money! Areal bargain for sure! I loved the Apollo 11 volumes 1 and 2 so much; that I purchased 4 copies of each; to put back for my son and relatives, to always remember 1st lunar landing by! I'm so looking to the future Apollo missions to come; and especially the x-15 mission reports as well this Fall! They just cant come fast enough: they're great! Thanks Mr. Godwin and NASA! many thanks indeed!

Anyone who has an interest in the history of Apollo will want this book. The QTVR of the landing site on the CD-ROM is absolutely killer. The QT movies on the CD-ROM remind me of something you'd see in a high-school science class (all you need is the sound of the projector), but they were still entertaining.

This book, the first in a series of three volumes, was released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, and contains a great deal of information about the first landing on the moon. This book contains the press kit, pre and post mission reports and the transcript with pictures of the first post-mission press conference. The book also contains a compact disc (CD) with contains all of the photographs taken by the crew during the mission, plus two NASA produced mini-movies. This mission was commanded by Neil Armstrong who was accompanied to the surface by Buzz Aldrin with Michael Collins as the Command Module pilot.

Like many of the other volumes in this NASA Mission Report series, the book opens with the usual NASA mission press kit. In addition to the customary background information, the press kit focuses on the all aspects of the mission from the training phases, through launch, the lunar landing, the first moon walk and splashdown. There is a wealth of information on all the companies, important NASA personnel and scientific investigators who contributed to the success of this mission.

The next section contains the Pre-Flight Mission Operations Report, an internal NASA report, which presents a basic overview of the planned activities of the mission, including the EVA timelines. It is interesting to note that the format of these timelines is still used today to plan EVAs for the space station assembly. The next section presents the Post-Launch Mission Operations Report and describes the deviations from planned activities and the mission problems.

The final section is a transcript with pictures of the first post-mission press conference. In this hour and half press conference, the crew briefly and sometimes technically described their adventure to the moon, on the moon and then back to Earth. Afterwards, they answer questions from the audience who are primarily members of the press. While some of the discussions are quite technical, other portions of the press conference discuss the meaning of the first moon landing

The book also includes a compact disc (CD) with contains all of the photographs taken by the crew during the mission, plus two NASA produced mini-movies. The scans appear to be high resolution scans and the color photographs is quite vivid.

Some general information that might be useful.

1) These reports are just scanned-in documents from previously released NASA press kits, etc., In order to preserve the spirit of the original reports, all typographical and grammatical errors have NOT been fixed.

2) Proceeds from the book goes to "The Watch" an asteroid impact research project of the Space Frontier Foundation. In other words, Apogee Books is making very little off the sale of US government produced books.

3) Many people have asked why the post mission reports are not included. Since NASA has published many books with hundred of pages (The NASA SP series), and the data from these missions is still being analyzed, it would be impossible to do.

This is the first of 3 Mission Report volumes for Apollo 11 from Apogee Books. It is a priceless collection of mission reports, press kits and interviews from both before and after the historic flight. It also includes a CD ROM. All reports are reproduced with great care and give the reader an impression of what it must have been like to receive these items when they were first released by NASA in 1969 (although some were declassified a few years later). Apogee Books should be applauded for their efforts to preserve these great documents for present and future generations.

Great book! If you are a collector of Apollo books, you must get this for your bookshelf. Very detailed diagrams, charts and graphs. The CD Rom is excellent too with 1400+ pictures from the mission. I am working on collecting the whole series!

If you like technical books about the space program, you will like this one. This is the first time I have found a publication so full of facts on the Apollo missions in one book. I plan on buying the entire series.

This book and its CD Rom is not only full of the most interesting information I have seen on the subject. But the CD Rom is a masterpiece of modern technology's ability to show what it was really like at Tranquility Base. The Quick Time videos of the landing site makes one feel like being in a movie. Outstanding!!

This 3 volume series on Apollo 11 is a treasure of information on this historic flight of the Apollo Program. The CDs are a wonderful addition with incredible resources for use in the classroom. As a high school science teacher, it is wonderful to have these great resources!

I must admit that I bought this for the CD-Rom at the back, and it was worth it.

I love NASA documentaries from the 1960's and this is no exception.

The historical documents are really interesting to read through and form a great reference.

If you have this book or are thinking of buying it, I strongly recommend the Friendship 7 (John Glenn) book for its CD Rom and video.

This is one of the key installments in this valuable series. Volume One contains the usual materials--the press kit, the premission report, and the postmission report--but also a transcript of the postmission press conference with the astronauts. And there are eight pages of color pictures inserted. The enclosed CD contains two NASA movies about the flight as well as numerous photographs.

I haven't gotten Volume Two yet, which makes it a little hard to comment. I always particularly like the crew debriefing, which presumably is in that volume. Still, this volume contains some significant information about the most significant event of my lifetime.