This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that were developed in the quest to reach – and return from - the surface of the moon. It will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and others. The text includes a comprehensive collection of tables listing facts and figures for each mission.
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Aus den Rezensionen: "Endlich mal ein Buch, das seinem Titel Ehre macht: Apollo - The Definitive Sourcebook ist tatsächlich randvoll gepackt mit detaillierten und systematischen Informationen über das APOLLO-Mondlandeprogramm der USA von 1961 bis 1972. … Stocknüchtern geschrieben und mit vielen Tabellen und Graphiken ausgestattet, informiert dieses Werk über fast alle wichtigen Aspekte dieses … bedeutendsten Programms in der Geschichte der bemannten Raumfahrt. Das Buch ist nicht zum Schmökern gedacht, sondern ein umfassender Datenspeicher zum Nachschlagen. … vorbehaltlos zu empfehlen." (www.wissenschaft-online.de)
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Richard Orloff is a historian of the Apollo program who, in 2000, compiled a review of the Apollo missions, supplemented by a comprehensive tabular statistical reference. This was published by NASA and is now out of print. David Harland is also a space historian who has studied and written extensively about the Apollo program.
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Great Summary of Project Apollo,
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Excellent material covering all both unmanned and manned Apollo lunar programm flights. This is definitely not a technical stuff, this is factographical and chronological history of each of the Apollo missions from preparations to recoveries mapping all flight events in detail. Equiped with high quality b&w photos and a lot of tables covering - sometimes rather exotic - things like astronaut personal weights before and after the flight, rocket fuel consumptions and many others this book is a valuable source of Apollo missions facts. Highly recommended to all who want to have all basic flight informations in one place.
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Excellent reference guide of all Apollo test and lunar mission facts,
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I found this book to be very interesting in the way the authors broke down every aspect of the Apollo tests to the final lunar mission. The exact mission assembly and actual mission timelines are quite interesting to read.The year by year costs. The breakdown of mission status, accomplished tasks and cross section of landing geology is good. Illustrated with decent quality black and white photo's. Lots of neat facts if you are interested in the lunar missions. The price is steep..I bought a used copy. I am glad I did as it was a welcome addition to my extensive Apollo library.
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total inertial acceleration, maneuver cutoff, maneuver ignition, initiation cutoff, engine start command, local horizontal attitude, terminator photography, correction ignition, circularization cutoff, bum cutoff, ascent stage jettisoned, restart preparation, correction cutoff, pad azimuth, support facilities performance, translunar phase, insertion cutoff, deorbit ignition, effected splashdown, maximum wind shear, propulsion system burn, bum ignition, electrically mated, holddown arms, injection cutoff Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Event Velocity, Atlantic Ocean, Event Geocentric, White Room, Altitude Range, Lunar Orbiter, Manned Space Flight Network, Pacific Ocean, Cape Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center, Apogee Perigee Period Inclination, Date Time, Mission Control, Spacecraft Primary Objectives, Fra Mauro Formation, Eastern Test Range, Apolune Perilune, Naval Academy, South Massif, Department of Defense, Hadley Rille, Launch Vehicle Objectives, Mount Hadley Delta, North Island Naval Air Station, Military Academy New!
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total inertial acceleration, maneuver cutoff, maneuver ignition, initiation cutoff, engine start command, local horizontal attitude, terminator photography, correction ignition, circularization cutoff, bum cutoff, ascent stage jettisoned, restart preparation, correction cutoff, pad azimuth, support facilities performance, translunar phase, insertion cutoff, deorbit ignition, effected splashdown, maximum wind shear, propulsion system burn, bum ignition, electrically mated, holddown arms, injection cutoff Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Event Velocity, Atlantic Ocean, Event Geocentric, White Room, Altitude Range, Lunar Orbiter, Manned Space Flight Network, Pacific Ocean, Cape Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center, Apogee Perigee Period Inclination, Date Time, Mission Control, Spacecraft Primary Objectives, Fra Mauro Formation, Eastern Test Range, Apolune Perilune, Naval Academy, South Massif, Department of Defense, Hadley Rille, Launch Vehicle Objectives, Mount Hadley Delta, North Island Naval Air Station, Military Academy New!
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- The Once and Future Moon by Spudis Pd in Back Matter
- State of the Union by Douglas Kennedy in Front Matter
- Soviet Union (Collins Independent Travellers Guide) by Martin Walker in Front Matter
- Space Physiology and Medicine by Arnauld E. Nicogossian in Back Matter
- All We Did Was Fly to the Moon (History-alive series) by Dick Lattimer in Back Matter
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